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Ed White | Associated Press

Gymnasts seek $1 billion in damages from FBI over failure to investigate Larry Nassar

American gymnasts Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman and Maggie Nichols are among the women seeking more than $1 billion from the FBI for failing to stop former sports doctor Larry Nassar when the agency first received allegations against him. (AP file photo)

DETROIT — Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles and dozens of other women who say they were sexually assaulted by Larry Nassar are seeking more than $1 billion from the FBI for failing to stop the sports doctor when the agency first received allegations against him, lawyers said Wednesday.

There’s no dispute that FBI agents in 2015 knew that Nassar was accused of assaulting gymnasts, but they failed to act, leaving him free to continue to target young women and girls for more than a year. He pleaded guilty in 2017 and is serving decades in prison.

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