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98 women will share their devastating reaction to Larry Nassar; here's what they said this morning

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Donna Markham talks about why she gave a statement during the first day of Larry Nassar's sentencing hearing. Her daughter, Chelsea Markham, committed suicide. Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal

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LANSING – Their remarks are both brutal and triumphant.

On the first morning of Larry Nassar’s four-day sentencing hearing, 14 women and girls spoke, sharing their pain and anguish after being sexually abused. They included Kyle Stephens, the woman Nassar pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting in his home when she was a child visiting with her parents.