Larry Nassar, the disgraced former sports doctor who was convicted of sexually abusing gymnasts, was stabbed multiple times during an altercation with another inmate at a Florida federal prison.
The attack happened Sunday at the Coleman United States Penitentiary in Wildwood, and Nassar was in stable condition, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. One person told the AP that Nassar had been stabbed in the back and chest.
Officials at the Coleman United States Penitentiary did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
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Larry Nassar, a former USA Gymnastics team doctor who pleaded guilty in November 2017 to sexual assault charges, appears in court during his sentencing hearing at Eaton County Courthouse in Charlotte, Michigan, on February 5, 2018. (Reuters)
Nassar is serving decades in prison for sexually assaulting gymnasts, including Olympic medalists. He admitted to sexually assaulting athletes when he worked at Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics.
He also pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography.
During victim impact statements in 2019, several athletes testified that over the course of Nassar’s more than two decades of sexual abuse., they had told coaches and trainers and other adults what was going on, but it was not reported.
Nassar will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars.
More than 150 victims spoke or filed statements during the seven-day hearing, including Simone Biles. The women sought more than $1 billion from the federal government for the FBI’s failure to apprehend Nassar when agents learned of the allegations against him in 2015.
In this November 22, 2017 file photo, Dr. Larry Nassar appears in court for a plea hearing in Lansing, Michigan. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
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A final appeal by Nassar was rejected by the Michigan Supreme Court last month. Nassar’s lawyers said he was treated unfairly in 2018 and deserved a new hearing based on the judge calling him a «monster,» among other comments.
«I just signed his death warrant,» Ingham County Judge Rosemarie Aquilina said of Nassar’s 40-year sentence.
While the Michigan Supreme Court said it had «concerns» about the judge’s conduct, officials said Aquilina stuck to the sentencing agreement drawn up by lawyers on the case.
Simone Biles is suing the FBI after its alleged mishandling of the case against Larry Nassar. (AP Newsroom)
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“We refuse to expend additional judicial resources and subject the victims in this case to additional trauma where the questions at issue are nothing more than an academic exercise,” the court said.
Associated Press contributed to this report.