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The 59-year-old convicted sex offender allegedly said to other inmates on Sunday, “I wish there were girls playing,” Joe Rojas, the president of the union representing prison guards in the US Penitentiary Coleman II in Sumterville, Fla., where Nassar is being held, toldInsider.ABC News, citing sources, also reports Nassar made the remark.
According to theAP’s report, the inmate who allegedly attacked Nassar used a makeshift weapon, stabbing him multiple times in the neck, chest and back before other inmates allegedly ran in to stop the attack.
Nassar remains in stable condition with injuries that reportedly include a collapsed lung.
The former doctor is serving a 175-year sentence in prison for sexually abusing women and girls for decades during his time at Michigan State University and as a Team USA Gymnastics doctor. Separately, he pleaded guilty to possessing 37,000 images of child pornography, and was subsequently sentenced to 60 years in federal prison.
Nearly 100 women collectively sued the FBI for more than $1 billion in damages for the bureau’s inability to stop Nassar after becoming aware of allegations against him in 2015, theAP reports.
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Last June, the Michigan Supreme Court rejected a final appeal from Nassar, whose attorneys argued he was treated unfairly and deserved a new trial,according to the AP.
If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go torainn.org.
source: people.com
