Dozens of survivors of sexual abuse by former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics sports doctor Larry Nassar are gathered in Los Angeles today. They will be given the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at ESPN’s ESPY Awards tonight. Former gymnast Kaylee Lorincz of Macomb Township says it was very difficult to go before the world and Nassar in the courtroom and admit the abuse and she has suffered depression since, but she hopes some good will come from it.
“I’m hoping that people don’t forget about this and that people will have conversations about Larry Nassar and about all these girls who came forward, and use it as a teaching moment,” Lorincz said. She calls it “amazing” to receive an honor once given to Nelson Mandela.
Nassar is serving decades in federal prison for child pornography and was also sentenced to decades more in prison in Michigan for the sexual abuse of hundreds of young women and girls. Michigan State University has reached a $500 million settlement with the survivors.
