Feds want 60-year sentence for gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar

The longtime team doctor for USA Gymnastics “has led a double-life,” prosecutors wrote in a memo.

“On the surface, he was a respected, world-renowned expert for elite athletes. He was a medical doctor, a husband, and a father. But underneath this veneer lurked a predator,” they added.

“For 20 years, the defendant used his position and authority to sexually exploit children. He took advantage of almost every opportunity to do so. His patients, his friends’ children, and the Internet were there for the plucking.

“To be clear, this defendant amassed an enormous collection of abominable images of children being sexually abused, raped and degraded. He acted on his vile urges and sexually abused scores of girls and young women,” the government’s memo said.

Nassar initially pleaded not guilty to child molestation charges and insisted his “procedures” on girls and young women were medically sound. He said in court last week that he was changing his plea to help the community heal.

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