Victims Of Dr. Nassar To Sue FBI for 1 Billion.
Dr. Nassar’s victims will be filing a lawsuit against the FBI for what they allege is failure to do its job. (NY Times)
“The F.B.I. field office in Indianapolis received evidence of his crimes in 2015. Agents proceeded to interview gymnasts including Ms. Maroney, who provided detailed testimony. Ultimately they took no action to ramp up the investigation or stop Mr. Nassar.
The Justice Department’s inspector general later accused W. Jay Abbott, who was in charge of the bureau’s Indianapolis field office, and Michael Langeman, an agent in that office, of making false statements to investigators who were looking into their actions.
In a report released last summer, the inspector general said Mr. Abbott made false statements “to minimize errors made by the Indianapolis field office in connection with the handling of the Nassar allegations.””
The alleged inaction by the FBI concerning Larry Nassar is a travesty that has caused tremendous amount of damage to countless women and their families. The allegations, if true, amount to an enormous blunder by the organization that is supposed to protect people from criminals like Larry Nassar. Unfortunately, that did not happen and now there will be a monetary reckoning as a result.
