Larry Nassar, the former Team USA doctor who sexually abused gymnasts, was stabbed in prison: report
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- Former gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar has been stabbed in prison, according to the AP.
- A source told the AP he was stabbed multiple times in the back and chest but is now stable.
- Nassar is serving a max 175-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to abusing female gymnasts.
Larry Nassar, a former Team USA doctor who abused multiple female gymnasts, including Olympic athletes, was stabbed multiple times in prison over the weekend, two sources familiar with the situation told the Associated Press.
One source told the AP that Nassar was stabbed in the back and chest on Sunday by another inmate at the United States Penitentiary, Coleman, a prison in Sumterville, Florida, where he is serving out his up to 175-year prison sentence for convictions in state and federal courts.
Nassar is in stable condition as of Monday morning, the two sources told AP.
While the Bureau of Prisons did not confirm Nassar was attacked following a request from Insider, the agency said an unnamed inmate was assaulted at the Coleman penitentiary on Sunday at 2:35 p.m.
"Responding staff immediately initiated life-saving measures," the Bureau of Prisons said in a statement. "Staff requested Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and life-saving efforts continued. The inmate was transported by EMS to a local hospital for further treatment and evaluation."
Since 2016, hundreds of women, including Olympians Simone Biles and Aly Raisman, have accused Nassar of using his position as a doctor to sexually abuse them.
At Nassar's sentencing in 2018, the federal judge told him, "I just signed your death warrant," adding, "You do not deserve to walk outside of a prison ever again."