{"id":25658,"date":"2023-07-10T11:06:34","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T15:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=25658"},"modified":"2023-07-10T11:06:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T15:06:34","slug":"sex-offender-larry-nassar-stabbed-multiple-times-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2023\/07\/10\/sex-offender-larry-nassar-stabbed-multiple-times-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Sex offender Larry Nassar stabbed multiple times in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former US national gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar was stabbed multiple times in prison on Sunday during a fight with another inmate, the BBC’s US partner CBS News reports.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Nassar, 59, was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for molesting gymnasts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He is reportedly in hospital in stable condition after the Sunday attack.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He suffered a collapsed lung after being stabbed twice in the neck, twice in the back and six times in the chest, a prison union leader\u00a0told NBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In a statement to the BBC, the Federal Bureau of Prisons said an inmate had been assaulted at 14:35 EST (18:35 GMT) on Sunday at United States Penitentiary Coleman in Florida, where the disgraced former doctor is serving time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Responding staff immediately initiated life-saving measures”, the agency said, and the inmate was taken to a local hospital “for further treatment and evaluation”. An internal investigation has been launched.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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No staff or other inmates were injured in the incident.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Nassar admitted to sexually assaulting athletes while he worked with the USA Gymnastics programme and Michigan State University, where he maintained a clinic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The former doctor – who has been serving time at a federal prison in Florida – also pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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More than 330 women and girls at USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University have accused Nassar of sexual abuse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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