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 surging outpouring from young women in a courtroom here.
The judge, Rosemarie Aquilina, who has now allowed nearly 140 girls and women, including several prominent Olympic gymnasts, to give public statements 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.