Prison officials allowed convicted sex abuser Larry Nassar to pay little to victims while spending thousands on himself

Prison officials allowed convicted sex abuser Larry Nassar to pay little to victims while spending thousands on himself

Larry Nassar appears in court for a 2017 plea hearing in Lansing, Mich. (Paul Sancya/AP)


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Federal prison officials have allowed Larry Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics doctor accused of sexually abusing hundreds of girls and women, to avoid paying financial penalties that are part of his sentence — even as he spent more than $10,000 from his Federal Bureau of Prisons account while behind bars, according to a new court filing.


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By Devlin BarrettDevlin Barrett writes about the FBI and the Justice Department, and is the author of "October Surprise: How the FBI Tried to Save Itself and Crashed an Election." He was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for National Reporting, for coverage of Russian interference in the U.S. election. Twitter

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