The historic compensation that the victims of the Nassar case will receive

After a major legal mess in which some agents FBI They tried to hide information and cover up the complaints of the athletes so that Nassar would not go to jail, the case took an unexpected turn in search of justice. When the abuse was revealed in the media, Nassar was arrested and sentenced to 300 years in prison in 2018 after a long trial in which many of the victims intervened, such as the champion Simone Biles, Aly Raisman or McKayla Maroney.

The compensation, covered by USA Gymnastics and the Olympic and Paralympic Committee insurers, will pay most of the $ 380 million, although the second organization has agreed to pay $ 34 million out of pocket and will make a $ 6 million loan to the federation. It is the largest amount paid for an abuse case in history and more than 330 athletes from the American gymnastics team will benefit from it.

Nassar is serving a life sentence

The content of the pact between the gymnasts, on the one hand, and USA Gymnastics (the federation), the Olympic and Paralympic Committee of USA and its insurers, on the other, it was known in a session in the Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of the state of Indiana. Nassar is serving a sentence of between 40 and 175 years added to another of 60 years for child pornography, a de facto life sentence.

The gymnast Rachael Denhollander, has been the first victim to speak out and explains that the decision will help many of them close the horrible chapter in their lives. “Now the hard work of reform and reconstruction can begin. Whether or not there is justice and a change is made depends on what happens next.”

The conflict with the federation continues

The newspaper ‘The New York Times’ explained that the agreement will help the federation to come out of bankruptcy with its new leaders, in addition to ending the avalanche of lawsuits it faces and stopping the process initiated by the Olympic Committee of withdraw its certification as an Olympic organization.

The lawyer representing the victims asserted that the agreement is historic, but that the battle against the officials who did not carry out the investigation properly has not yet come to an end, as there was manipulation of the information in the case and the victims want more responsibilities. within the federation.