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So, before I get to the hero, some backstory on the villain in this. Larry Nassar (former doctor for the USA Gymnastics team) is a real piece of shit and has already been sentenced to 60 years for child pornography back in December. But he is also a pedophile rapist scumbag with so many victims that Tuesday was only day fucking one of FOUR days of scheduled sentencing so all 98 of the victims that chose to make statements could read them in court. That's not 98 victims total, just 98 who chose to make statements. Who knows how many girls he actually abused throughout his life.

One survivor in particular, Kyle Stephens, has had portions of her statement make the rounds on social and news media. She was Nassar's neighbor and her story is brutal yet uplifting. If you can make it through to the end of her statement (roughly 14 minutes) you will stand up and clap at the strength and integrity of this young woman. She's an American hero. True grit personified. I'd ask her to run for president in 2020, but she seems overqualified for the position. Besides, she's already had a tough enough life and doesn't deserve the bullshit that comes along with that job.
 

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The Kyle Stephens story, the girl whose parents didn't believe her for years and whose father committed suicide not long after finally accepting her truth, breaks my goddamn heart.

Apparently this piece of shit had the temerity to whine to the judge about how difficult it was for him to hear the statements from his victims of how much his abuse fucked up their lives. The judge was having none of it.

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Former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, who pleaded guilty to multiple charges of sexual assault, complained Thursday that he cannot stand the stress of listening to dozens of young women cry and scream at him for what he did.

“I didn’t orchestrate this. You did,” Circuit Court Judge Rosemarie Aquilina sternly replied to Nassar, who sent her a six-page letter condemning the “four-day media circus” surrounding the trial.

Nassar accused the judge of “making me sit in the witness box so the cameras can be on her” and claimed he has had more than one “stressful heart moment” since Tuesday, when victim statements began.

“The media has been following you every step of the way,” said Aquilina. “I didn’t invite them. I don’t need any publicity.”

“You may find it harsh that you’re here listening, but nothing is as harsh as what victims endured in your hands,” she added.

Aquilina also panned Nassar’s letter, noting: “This isn’t worth the paper it’s written on... There’s no truth in here. It’s delusional. You need to talk to these issues with a therapist, and that is not me.”

The judge is set to announce her sentencing decision on Friday but said she would delay that to allow victim impact statements to continue into next week, if necessary.

“Spending four or five days listening to them is significantly minor considering the hours of pleasure you’ve had at their expense and ruining their lives,” she said.

Even for a monster like this I can't advocate prison rape, but I don't think it would be unreasonable to strap him into a chair, tape his eyes open, and force him to watch the testimony of his victims, Clockwork Orange style, forever.

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1 hour ago, DanteGabriel said:

The way she took the USOC and the Gymnastics org (forgot the name) to task was so appropriate and on target, and the judge agreed with her!  

I do hope she and some of the other women and their families, coaches and supporters really can bring the changes needed to protect the athletes in their sport.  That would hopefully be an approach others could model. 

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Yes, it's been really inspiring hearing these women speak about what happened to them.  Some of it's really hard to hear becuase it's such painful stuff, but they're definitely heroes.

I'm also glad that they aren't allowing the various organizations involved to get away with their complicity in this.  Yesterday it was announced that the USAG terminated their contract with the Karolyi training ranch.  Thank fuck.  

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11 minutes ago, Pony Queen Jace said:

Are these women going to be able to seek damages from MSU?

And more importantly, can criminal charges be brought to bear against the enablers?

A lot of brought civil suits against MSU as well as the USOC, and I think USA Gymnastics (I don't know how that organization works, tbh).

I'm likewise curious/hopeful that criminal charges can be brought against the enablers. 

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The women and girls and their families who confronted Nassar at his sentencing have my deepest respect.  Here are some of what they had to say.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/maryanngeorgantopoulos/nassar-victim-impact-statements?utm_term=.nlg7K3DV6#.nped93z1X

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As part of his sentencing hearing Ingham County Circuit Court, Judge Rosemarie Aquilina allowed anyone who wished to deliver a victim impact statement to address Nassar — and 168 did in the seven-day hearing.

Most women delivered their statements, often crying. Victims’ loved ones also addressed him, including a mother whose daughter killed herself almost 10 years ago.

Here are some of the most powerful comments from the 133 people who spoke publicly. This list does not include the dozens of women who spoke anonymously.

 

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7 hours ago, dr. thicc president said:

to every dude out there performatively dribbling some form of this sentiment 

get fucked

 

The judge was fantastic!  So I echo your sentiments; get fucked stupid twit on twitter.

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53 minutes ago, Which Tyler said:

I hope you're wrong

I hope he survives a long time in hell

Pedophiles are considered scum amongst scum. They’re the most despised sub-group of the prison population. The prison system will try to hide him while they can, but don’t be shocked if in the next few years you see a headline that reads that he was either murdered or committed suicide.

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This is the woman who started it all.

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Rachael Denhollander had the first word and the last one.

A former gymnast who became a lawyer and a coach, Ms. Denhollander told The Indianapolis Star in 2016 that Dr. Lawrence G. Nassar had molested her as a child.

She had just read a report in The Star about U.S.A. Gymnastics’ mishandling of sexual misconduct allegations against coaches. But no one had yet spoken up about Dr. Nassar, who molested young athletes for about two decades while pretending the abuse was therapy.

The Star soon published an article about the doctor, based on reports from two former gymnasts. One remained anonymous. The other was Rachael Denhollander — front and center, all alone there.

In a Michigan courtroom Wednesday, before Dr. Nassar received a prison sentence of 40 to 175 years for multiple counts of criminal sexual misconduct, Ms. Denhollander, 33, spoke again. This time, she was not alone.

Over a seven-day sentencing hearing, 155 people had delivered victim impact statements to the court. Ms. Denhollander became the 156th, the final voice in a gathering of survivors who grew stronger by the day.

She spoke for 36 minutes. When she was done, she received a standing ovation from the gallery of the courtroom.

Judge Rosemarie Aquilina, who presided over the case, called Ms. Denhollander the “five-star general” for an army of abuse survivors.

 

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2 hours ago, Tywin et al. said:

Pedophiles are considered scum amongst scum. They’re the most despised sub-group of the prison population. The prison system will try to hide him while they can, but don’t be shocked if in the next few years you see a headline that reads that he was either murdered or committed suicide.

I never said that I expect him to survive, but that I hope he does.

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That the judge allowed so many victims to be able to have their day in court with their victim impact statements was so important.  Not only did information about Nassar come out, but so did the facts of  the victims efforts for years, to get the word out and get him stopped and how those efforts went unheeded.

The UoM is getting a very black eye and hearing about how the girls told so many coaches, officials and others from the school who did nothing is really a horrible story.  Without the judge allowing all who wanted to speak to do so, I doubt as many details of inaction of the various entities and official's who had the chance to stop Nassar but didn't would have come out.   USA Gymnastics also came under scrutiny and its inaction revealed.  All to the good and might have been missed but for these women having been given a chance to speak.

The judge called those women 'magnificent' and they are.

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