He is serving a 60-year federal sentence for child pornography charges. Only after Rachael Denhollander's story of abuse was published by The Indianapolis Star, which is part of the USA TODAY Network, in August 2016 did the accusations against Nassar become public. USA Gymnastics learned of his abuse in 2015, but never made public that it had cut ties with him or informed Michigan State. Several women have said they complained to coaches and officials at Michigan State about Nassar, with one women reporting her abuse in 1997. More than 260 women have accused Nassar, a longtime physician for USA Gymnastics and Michigan State, of abusing them under the guise of medical treatment. The lawsuit was first reported by the Houston Chronicle.īoth USA Gymnastics and the USOC declined to comment. The lawsuit was filed by the Karolyis and their businesses: BMK Training Facilities and BMK Partners, which own parts of the ranch and Karolyi Training Camps, which leased it back from USA Gymnastics while the federation rented the facility as its national team training center.
Olympic Committee in Texas, seeking damages for the canceled sale of their gymnastics facilities to USA Gymnastics as well as declarations that they are not liable for the actions of longtime team doctor Larry Nassar.įiled last month in Walker County, Texas – where the Karolyi ranch is located – the lawsuit seeks damages owed under the purchase agreement, “stigma damages” for the loss of market value of the ranch as well as punitive damages and attorney fees. Watch Video: Nassar's final sentencing for decades of sexual abuseīela and Martha Karolyi have filed a lawsuit against USA Gymnastics and the U.S.
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