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Convicted erstwhile U.S. gymnastics doc Larry Nassar has been hospitalized aft being stabbed successful prison.
The disgraced erstwhile physician—who is presently serving clip down bars for intersexual abuse—was stabbed aggregate times astatine a national installation successful Florida during a quality with different inmate, a situation national person confirmed to NBC News.
Joe Rojas, president of the enactment that represents employees astatine the Federal Correctional Complex Coleman, told the outlet that the 59-year-old was stabbed doubly successful the neck, doubly successful the backmost and six times successful the chest, resulting successful a collapsed lung during the July 9 altercation.
Nassar is presently successful unchangeable condition, according to Rojas, who said helium confirmed the accusation with unit connected duty.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons besides confirmed to NBC News that an inmate was assaulted astatine the national determination successful Florida, but did not corroborate immoderate identities. However, authorities did uncover that unit provided life-saving measures and that the injured captive was being treated astatine a section hospital.
"No unit oregon different inmates were injured and astatine nary clip was the nationalist successful danger," officials told the outlet successful a statement, adding that the FBI has been notified. "An interior probe is ongoing."
E! News has reached retired to Nassar's lawyer for remark and person not heard back.
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The altercation comes a small much than 5 years aft Nassar—who had served arsenic squad doc for the U.S. women's nationalist gymnastics team—was sentenced to serve 40 to 175 years successful prison aft helium pleaded blameworthy to sexually assaulting gymnasts and different athletes nether the guise of aesculapian treatment. The condemnation successful the intersexual maltreatment lawsuit came conscionable months aft helium was sentenced to 60 years successful national prison aft pleading blameworthy to 3 kid pornography charges successful 2017.
At the clip of his 2018 sentencing, implicit 150 survivors came forward and delivered interaction statements or had them work by the court, including gymnasts Aly Raisman and Jordyn Wieber. Gold medalist Simone Biles besides came guardant arsenic 1 of the survivors, penning an affectional missive to societal media astatine the time.
Last June, the Michigan Supreme Court rejected a last entreaty from the erstwhile Michigan State University clinician.
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