Convicted · ~$1B in settlements Larry Nassar & USA Gymnastics — When Every Institution Failed

Larry Nassar, the USA Gymnastics and Michigan State team doctor, sexually abused girls and young women under the guise of medical treatment for years. More than 150 survivors — including Olympic champions Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, McKayla Maroney and Maggie Nichols — came forward. In 2018 Nassar was sentenced to up to 175 years in state prison after more than 150 victim-impact statements, plus 60 years on federal child-pornography charges. But this entry is filed as an institutional case because the defining failure was systemic: the FBI received detailed allegations in 2015, and a 2021 DOJ Inspector General report found Indianapolis agents made "fundamental errors," failed to notify other offices or local police, and even falsified records to look diligent — leaving Nassar free to abuse patients for roughly 14 more months. The financial reckoning landed on the enablers: ~$500M from Michigan State (2018), $380M from USA Gymnastics and the US Olympic & Paralympic Committee (2021), and $138.7M from the DOJ over the FBI's failures (2024) — nearly $1 billion total. As survivor Tasha Schwikert-Warren put it, "these powerful institutions enabled Dr. Nassar to thrive."