# Go to Hell Larry Nassar, Michigan State University and the US Olympic Gymnastics Program. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 23, 2018, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-to-hell-larry-nassar-michigan-state-university-and-the-us-olympic-gymnastics-program/807266 "2018-01-23T02:05:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2018, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-to-hell-larry-nassar-michigan-state-university-and-the-us-olympic-gymnastics-program/807266/142 "2018-03-27T18:00:03Z")
Came in to mention this. Defenders could chalk up accusations such as suggestive comments, to his age or subjective interpretation, or insensitivity or whatever. But videos of Nassar assaulting a student? There’s no excuse or defense for this. It shows he knew, and he did nothing. He’s an accessory and a co-conspirator. Give him the fullest penalty the law allows. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-to-hell-larry-nassar-michigan-state-university-and-the-us-olympic-gymnastics-program/807266/143 "2018-05-16T16:57:56Z")
Updating this thread: > [@](#): > > Michigan State University has settled hundreds of lawsuits filed against it by the survivors of MSU doctor Larry Nassar’s sexual assaults. > > The settlement, which covers all 332 current claimants, will cost Michigan State $500 million. The school will pay $425 million now and hold $75 million in reserve in case other Nassar victims come forward. > **[Michigan State to pay Larry Nassar victims $500 million in settlements](https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/05/16/michigan-state-larry-nassar-victims/615077002/)** > > The two sides met for the last two days behind closed doors in mediation. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-to-hell-larry-nassar-michigan-state-university-and-the-us-olympic-gymnastics-program/807266/144 "2023-07-10T18:27:51Z")
Could not have happened to a more deserving person: > **[Larry Nassar, the ex-USA Gymnastics doctor who sexually abused girls for...](https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/10/us/larry-nassar-stabbed-prison/index.html)** > > Former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, who was convicted of sexually abusing young athletes under the guise of medical treatment, was assaulted inside a federal prison in Florida, according to two sources familiar with the incident. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-to-hell-larry-nassar-michigan-state-university-and-the-us-olympic-gymnastics-program/807266/145 "2023-07-10T18:59:36Z")
Like the man said, “I don’t condone it……but I understand.” ---
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-to-hell-larry-nassar-michigan-state-university-and-the-us-olympic-gymnastics-program/807266/146 "2023-07-12T17:53:22Z")
and he recently got stabbed in prison ---
**Author:** ![Latimera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/latimera/32/497_2.png) [@Latimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latimera)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2023, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-to-hell-larry-nassar-michigan-state-university-and-the-us-olympic-gymnastics-program/807266/147 "2023-07-12T18:49:45Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Could not have happened to a more deserving person So some people _deserve_ to be murdered? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2023, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-to-hell-larry-nassar-michigan-state-university-and-the-us-olympic-gymnastics-program/807266/148 "2023-07-12T19:37:07Z")
The guy sure looks like plant food to me. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-to-hell-larry-nassar-michigan-state-university-and-the-us-olympic-gymnastics-program/807266/149 "2023-07-12T19:46:08Z")
Cite that he was killed? As far as the kind of person [Larry Nassar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Nassar) was: > Nassar’s sexual abuse of young girls and women, and the subsequent cover-up, led to the [USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_Gymnastics_sex_abuse_scandal) that began in 2015, in which they alleged Nassar had repeatedly sexually assaulted at least 265 young women and girls[[4]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Nassar#cite_note-BBC_News_2018-5) under the guise of medical treatment.[[5]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Nassar#cite_note-6)[[6]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Nassar#cite_note-ESPN1992-7) His victims included numerous [Olympic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games) and [United States women’s national gymnastics team](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_gymnastics_team) gymnasts.[[7]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Nassar#cite_note-Nichols-8) > Nassar was sentenced to 60 years in federal prison on December 7, 2017, after pleading guilty to child pornography and tampering with evidence charges on July 11, 2017. On January 24, 2018, Nassar was sentenced to an additional 40 to 175 years in Michigan State prison, after pleading guilty in Ingham County to seven counts of sexual [assault](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault).[[8]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Nassar#cite_note-BBC-9)[[2]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Nassar#cite_note-CNN-3) On February 5, 2018, he was sentenced to an additional 40 to 125 years in Michigan State prison after pleading guilty to an additional three counts of sexual assault in Eaton County ---
**Author:** ![Latimera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/latimera/32/497_2.png) [@Latimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latimera)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-to-hell-larry-nassar-michigan-state-university-and-the-us-olympic-gymnastics-program/807266/150 "2023-07-12T20:00:40Z")
Oh good lord…Are you suggesting that the person that stabbed him wasn’t trying to murder him? So it was OK to stab him, but not to kill him? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-to-hell-larry-nassar-michigan-state-university-and-the-us-olympic-gymnastics-program/807266/151 "2023-07-12T20:32:05Z")
Of course not. Stabbing someone is against the law, and we have no sympathy for people who break the law. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-to-hell-larry-nassar-michigan-state-university-and-the-us-olympic-gymnastics-program/807266/152 "2023-07-14T10:46:38Z")
I’d like to offer a compromise. A serious beating, a few broken bones and a good poke in the eye? Could we agree on this as a hypothetical solution to make everyone (except Larry, because f\*ck him)happy? ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-to-hell-larry-nassar-michigan-state-university-and-the-us-olympic-gymnastics-program/807266/153 "2023-07-14T14:08:47Z")
_I_ wouldn’t stab him, but he does have the kind of face that makes you want to stab. And apparently he was attacked after he made some crude comment about wanting to watch the girls playing in Wimbledon on the tv. > **[Larry Nassar was stabbed after making a lewd comment watching Wimbledon,...](https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/larry-nassar-stabbing-prison-wimbledon-lewd-comment/)** > > An inmate allegedly attacked Nassar in his cell with a makeshift weapon, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-to-hell-larry-nassar-michigan-state-university-and-the-us-olympic-gymnastics-program/807266/154 "2023-07-14T14:48:45Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > And apparently he was attacked after he made some crude comment about wanting to watch the girls playing in Wimbledon on the tv. > > [Larry Nassar was stabbed after making a lewd comment watching Wimbledon, source says - CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/larry-nassar-stabbing-prison-wimbledon-lewd-comment/) I mean, the thought that he said something too crude for _prison_… ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-to-hell-larry-nassar-michigan-state-university-and-the-us-olympic-gymnastics-program/807266/155 "2023-07-14T15:44:03Z")
No decently-run prison or society should facilitate or condone violence affecting even the most loathsome inmates. Often when that happens, the perpetrator is trying for a measure of fame. We don’t want to help those slugs glorify themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-to-hell-larry-nassar-michigan-state-university-and-the-us-olympic-gymnastics-program/807266/156 "2023-07-14T17:07:35Z")
I think it was because of who he was. If a car thief or drug dealer had said it, it might have gotten a laugh. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-to-hell-larry-nassar-michigan-state-university-and-the-us-olympic-gymnastics-program/807266.md?page=7)