The United States Department of Justice announced Tuesday that it has settled 139 administrative claims for a total of $138.7 million to be given to survivors of sexual abuse committed by former United States gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar.
As noted by Ed White of the Associated Press, the claims stem from allegations that the FBI was "grossly mishandling allegations of sexual assault against Larry Nassar in 2015 and 2016, a critical time gap that allowed the sports doctor to continue to prey on victims before his arrest."
The Justice Department's statement read in part:
"Over the course of nearly two decades and ending in 2016 when he was arrested by the State of Michigan, Nassar sexually abused hundreds of victims under the guise of performing medical treatments.