LANSING, Mich. — After Bailey Lorencen finished her turn excoriating Lawrence G. Nassar, a prominent doctor for U.S.A. Gymnastics and other sports who has pleaded guilty to multiple sex crimes, she gazed at the judge presiding over the outpouring in a courtroom here.
The judge, Rosemarie Aquilina, who has now allowed nearly 140 girls and women, including several prominent Olympic gymnasts, to testify against Dr. Nassar, leaned forward from the bench. She then smiled and delivered her own heartfelt statement in a manner and tone befitting a therapist.
“The military has not yet come up with fiber as strong as you,” Ms.