The NY Times reported on 24th April 2024 that Justice Department said on Tuesday it would pay $138.7 million to resolve 139 claims by young women and girls, including many top female gymnasts, of sexual abuse by the former U.S.A. Gymnastics doctor Lawrence G. Nassar. Mr. Nassar had sexually assaulted hundreds of women and girls under the guise of examinations and treatment.
The far-reaching settlement, stems from the failure of F.B.I. officials to promptly investigate allegations “with the utmost seriousness and urgency that they deserved and required” and that the investigation did not proceed until after the news media detailed Mr. Nassar’s abuse.
The total civil pay-outs associated with Mr. Nasser to about $1 billion. But they cast the government’s monetary compensation for its early reluctance to fully investigate Mr. Nassar as a case of too little, too late.
When will our brave Indian women wrestlers and sportswomen get justice and compensation for reporting sexual abuse? Is there light for them at the end of the tunnel?