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Ex-USA Gymnastics doctor sentenced to 175 years for sexual abuse

USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar [PHOTO: COURTESY]

Disgraced long-time USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar was sentenced on Wednesday to 40 to 175 years in prison for molesting young female gymnasts, following days of wrenching testimony from about 160 of his victims, including Olympic medalists.

“I’ve just signed your death warrant,” Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Rosemarie Aquilina said as she announced Nassar’s sentence and delivered a searing rebuke of his years as an abuser.

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