Nassar pleaded guilty to charges of obtaining and possessing child pornography and attempting to destroy evidence in July. In November, Nassar pleaded guilty to 10 state counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct.
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"It's imperative Mr. Nassar be deterred as long as possible," Judge Janet T. Neff said, according to ESPN. "Mr. Nassar was, is and, in my view, will continue to be a danger to children. He has demonstrated that he should never again have access to children."
Neff also declared Nassar a threat to children.
Credit: Paul Sancya
Credit: Paul Sancya
Nassar is accused by dozens of women of molestation of young athletes at his Michigan State University clinics and the U.S. women’s team.
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Former U.S. Olympians McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman and Gabby Douglas are three of many woman to accuse Nassar of sexual assault and disgusting his abuse as treatments.
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Nassar is still being sued by more than 125 women who claim he disguising his abuse as medical treatments.
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