The Justice Department announced settlements Tuesday related to administrative claims that the FBI failed to carry out a sufficient investigation of disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar, more than two years after a watchdog report blasted the agency’s handling of sexual abuse allegations.
The department, in a press release, said settlement agreements resolve 139 claims for a total of $138.7 million related to Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics national team doctor who was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison on charges related to the sexual abuse of minors.
Acting Associate Attorney General Benjamin Mizer in a statement said Nassar abused his position for decades and betrayed the “trust of those under his care and medical supervision while skirting accountability.”
