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Nassar sentenced on child porn charges

A judge has sentenced a Michigan sports doctor to 60-years in federal prison for child pornography crimes, one of 3-criminal cases against a man who also admits assaulting female gymnasts. Larry Nassar worked at Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics, which trains Olympians. Federal judge Janet Neff followed the government’s recommended sentence yesterday. Neff says the 54-year old Nassar “should never again have access to children.”

     Investigators found more than 37-thousand images of child porn on Nassar’s electronic devices in 2016. Separately, he has pleaded guilty to molesting gymnasts in the Lansing area under the guise of treatment. He’ll be sentenced in those cases in January.

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