The U.S. Department of Justice is reportedly finalizing a $100 million settlement with some 100 victims of disgraced gymnastics doctor and serial rapist Larry Nassar. The payment is for the FBI’s abject failures in the case.
The Nassar story has gone on for so long, and the number of victims and payouts have grown so large, that it understandably can fade into almost background noise. What’s another settlement? What’s another headline?
It shouldn’t.
It should be the exact opposite.
Larry Nassar is the most gut-wrenching scandal in American sports history; the wickedness of a trusted doctor, the heartbreak of teen and tween victims and the corruption, incompetence and arrogance of supervising adults.