Key takeaways:
- Larry Nassar, convicted of sexually abusing female gymnasts, was stabbed multiple times during an altercation with another inmate at a United States Penitentiary Coleman in Florida.
- Nassar was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison in 2018 and 60 years in federal prison for child pornography charges.
- The attack on Nassar is the latest in a series of violent incidents at the prison, including a former corrections officer being charged with murder after an inmate was killed in a fight.
Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar, who was convicted of sexually abusing female gymnasts, was stabbed multiple times during an altercation with another inmate at a United States Penitentiary Coleman in Florida.
According to two people familiar with the matter, the attack happened on Sunday and Nassar is currently in stable condition. One of the people said Nassar was stabbed in the back and in the chest.
The people were not authorized to publicly discuss details of the attack or the ongoing investigation and spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons has not commented on the incident, and it is unclear what led to the altercation. It is also unknown if the other inmate involved in the altercation has been identified or charged.
Nassar was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison in 2018 after pleading guilty to seven counts of criminal sexual conduct. He was also sentenced to 60 years in federal prison for child pornography charges.
The attack on Nassar is the latest in a series of violent incidents at the prison. In 2019, a former corrections officer was charged with murder after an inmate was killed in a fight.
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