2023-07-10 19:42:40
Larry Nassar, a former USA Gymnastics team doctor convicted of sexual abuse, suffered on sunday several stab wounds during an altercation in a Florida prison and is hospitalized in stable condition, a representative of prison staff confirmed to AFP on Monday.
nassar was stabbed six times in the chest, twice in the neck and twice in the backaccording to Joe Rojas, president of Local 506, the union that represents employees at Coleman II Penitentiary in central Florida.
Prison personnel confirmed to Rojas the attack against the former doctor and his transfer to a hospital.
The federal bureau of prisons indicated, for its part, that a prisoner was attacked Sunday at Coleman II High Security Prisonbut did not want to identify the people involved.
He prison medical staff quickly intervened to save his lifeadded that source in a statement.
Nassar is convicted of sexual abuse against 250 gymnasts
Nassar59, was sentenced to decades in prison in 2017 and 2018 for sexual assaults against more than 250 gymnasts, mostly minors.
during his trial admitted to sexually assaulting athletes while working at the American Gymnastics Federation, Michigan State University and in a room in Lansing, in the same state.
Simone Biles, Aly Raisman and McKayla Maroney testified against Nassar
Among those affected were Olympic gold medalists Simone Biles, Aly Raisman and McKayla Maroney, who testified against Nassar in September 2021, during a US Senate hearing.
Las Nassar victims reached a $380 million settlement with the US federation gymnastics in 2021, one of the largest ever recorded for victims of sexual abuse.
Michigan State University reached a $500 million settlement with hundreds of Nassar victims in 2018.
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