MATRIX REPROGRAMMEDNational Medical Coordinator and treating physician
USA Gymnastics · not stated – 2015
Predators in Power · Current / Living Case
LARRY NASSAR
Former USA Gymnastics national medical coordinator and Michigan State University physician whose medical and sporting authority gave repeated access to young athletes and whose case exposed major institutional and FBI failures.
Current / Living Caseliving and incarcerated
Exact legal status
Convicted in federal court of child-sexual-abuse-material and obstruction offenses and in Michigan state court after guilty pleas to ten counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct; serving lengthy consecutive sentences.
Case era: Convictions 2017–2018
Global boundary: A name appears because an approved official record and a separately sourced position of power or institutional access met the publication rules. Association, friendship, correspondence, employment, honours, photographs or proximity do not prove knowledge or complicity. Where evidence establishes knowledge, facilitation, concealment, participation or obstruction, the exact act and legal status must be stated and sourced.
Documented positions of power and access
Osteopathic sports physician
Michigan State University · not stated – 2016
Conduct records and legal posture
Convictions / Final Criminal JudgmentsEvidence A
Michigan guilty pleas and sentences for first-degree criminal sexual conduct
Michigan official records state that Nassar pleaded guilty to seven first-degree criminal sexual conduct counts in Ingham County and three in Eaton County, receiving sentences of 40–175 years and 40–125 years.
Sexual abuse of a childSexual assault or equivalent non-consensual sexual offenceVictim class: girlsVictim class: young womenVictim class: athletesVictim class: patients
- Date
- 2018-02-05
- Jurisdiction
- Michigan, United States
- Status
- adjudicated
- Outcome
- Ten state felony convictions and lengthy prison sentences.
- Last checked
- 2026-07-27
Response / right of reply: Nassar entered guilty pleas and later pursued sentencing-related appeals.
Counter-evidence or limitation: The convictions establish Nassar's conduct, not automatic knowledge or culpability by every coach, doctor or administrator.
Next record needed: Maintain certified judgments and final appellate status for each county case.
Legal and evidence boundary: Limited to the exact offense, defendant, court, jurisdiction and disposition stated in the final record.
Convictions / Final Criminal JudgmentsEvidence A
Federal conviction and 60-year sentence for CSAM and obstruction
Nassar pleaded guilty to receiving and possessing child pornography and destroying or concealing evidence, and was sentenced to 60 years in federal prison.
Creation, possession, distribution or facilitation of child sexual abuse materialDocumented facilitation, concealment, obstruction or institutional failure connected to sexual offences or crimes against childrenVictim class: children
- Date
- 2017-12-07
- Jurisdiction
- United States federal court, Western District of Michigan
- Status
- adjudicated
- Outcome
- 60-year federal sentence consecutive to state sentences.
- Last checked
- 2026-07-27
Response / right of reply: Nassar pleaded guilty under a plea agreement.
Counter-evidence or limitation: The federal case concerns CSAM and obstruction; sexual-assault convictions were entered in state court.
Next record needed: Keep federal and state conduct separated and cross-linked.
Legal and evidence boundary: Limited to the exact offense, defendant, court, jurisdiction and disposition stated in the final record.
Investigations / InquiriesEvidence A
DOJ OIG documented FBI handling failures
The DOJ Inspector General found failures in the FBI's handling of sexual-abuse allegations reported by USA Gymnastics, including delays and inaccurate statements by officials.
Documented facilitation, concealment, obstruction or institutional failure connected to sexual offences or crimes against childrenSexual abuse of a childVictim class: girlsVictim class: young womenVictim class: athletes
- Date
- 2021-07-14
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- Status
- closed
- Outcome
- Official inspector-general findings published.
- Last checked
- 2026-07-27
Response / right of reply: The OIG report includes agency responses and distinguishes individual conduct findings.
Counter-evidence or limitation: Institutional failures do not establish that every FBI, MSU or USA Gymnastics employee knew or intentionally concealed abuse.
Next record needed: Map report dates, referrals, interviews, delays and subsequent victims against exact findings.
Legal and evidence boundary: An investigation or inquiry records the scope and findings of the named official process. It does not substitute for a criminal conviction and must be read with the report's limitations.
Documented relationships and proximity to power
USA Gymnastics, Michigan State University and FBI
Type: institutional authority and response chain
Period: 1990s–2021 review
Boundary: Institutions and officials must be assessed by documented roles and acts. Employment or membership alone does not prove knowledge or concealment.
Institutional failures and missed safeguards
Medical authority and treatment settings gave Nassar repeated unsupervised access.
DOJ OIG documented serious FBI handling failures after allegations were reported.
The Kathie Klages conviction was reversed and cannot be used as settled proof of MSU knowledge in 1997.
User-Friendly Intelligence Conclusion
How this evidence fits the mission
What the evidence shows
Nassar used medical and sporting authority to abuse patients and athletes over many years while institutions failed to stop him promptly.
Investigative lanes
child safeguardingmedical authoritysports governancelaw-enforcement failure
Why it matters
The case shows how professional expertise and institutional prestige can create repeated private access and suppress doubt.
Mechanism
Medical trust, treatment privacy, elite-sport hierarchy, fragmented complaints and delayed law-enforcement action.
Effect on the lane
Strongly strengthens authority-access and institutional-failure lanes.
What it points toward
Points toward mandatory cross-institution reporting, independent chaperoning and accountability for delayed referrals.
Strongest alternative explanation
Not every delay was intentional concealment; some reflected poor procedures, disbelief or jurisdictional confusion.
What it does not prove
It does not prove every coach, administrator, physician or agent knew of the abuse.
Evidence position
E6 convictions plus E5 inspector-general findings · Confidence: very high
Next investigative questions
- Which complaints reached which officials?
- What access controls failed?
- Which later victims could have been protected?
Corrections, responses and new evidence
Use the Signal Drop to submit an official record, correction, acquittal, reversal, appeal, right of reply or contradicting evidence. Submissions do not publish automatically.
Epstein Relationship Intelligence
LARRY NASSAR
No approved linked overlap
Documented overlap status
No approved Epstein relationship, released-file mention, institutional relationship or adjudicated participation record is currently linked to this dossier.
Approved public records: 0
Evidence boundary: This is not clearance, exoneration or proof that no connection existed. It means no identity-resolved, source-linked record has passed the publication standard in this build.
Criminal & Safeguarding Status
LARRY NASSAR
Convictions / Final Criminal JudgmentsInvestigations / Inquiries
Exact status in the authoritative registry
Convicted in federal court of child-sexual-abuse-material and obstruction offenses and in Michigan state court after guilty pleas to ten counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct; serving lengthy consecutive sentences.
Approved public records: 3
Michigan guilty pleas and sentences for first-degree criminal sexual conduct
Status / relationship: Ten state felony convictions and lengthy prison sentences.
Michigan official records state that Nassar pleaded guilty to seven first-degree criminal sexual conduct counts in Ingham County and three in Eaton County, receiving sentences of 40–175 years and 40–125 years.
Established: Ten state felony convictions and lengthy prison sentences.
Not established: Limited to the exact offense, defendant, court, jurisdiction and disposition stated in the final record.
Response / counter-evidence: Nassar entered guilty pleas and later pursued sentencing-related appeals.
Federal conviction and 60-year sentence for CSAM and obstruction
Status / relationship: 60-year federal sentence consecutive to state sentences.
Nassar pleaded guilty to receiving and possessing child pornography and destroying or concealing evidence, and was sentenced to 60 years in federal prison.
Established: 60-year federal sentence consecutive to state sentences.
Not established: Limited to the exact offense, defendant, court, jurisdiction and disposition stated in the final record.
Response / counter-evidence: Nassar pleaded guilty under a plea agreement.
DOJ OIG documented FBI handling failures
Status / relationship: Official inspector-general findings published.
The DOJ Inspector General found failures in the FBI's handling of sexual-abuse allegations reported by USA Gymnastics, including delays and inaccurate statements by officials.
Established: Official inspector-general findings published.
Not established: An investigation or inquiry records the scope and findings of the named official process. It does not substitute for a criminal conviction and must be read with the report's limitations.
Response / counter-evidence: The OIG report includes agency responses and distinguishes individual conduct findings.
Evidence boundary: It does not prove every coach, administrator, physician or agent knew of the abuse.
Continue the investigation
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Criminal Conduct & Allegations3 approved records
Legal and evidence boundary: This panel separates adjudicated outcomes from accusations, inquiries, civil actions, analytical hypotheses, rumors and speculation. Charges and investigations are not proof of guilt. Association is not wrongdoing. Read every cited source, disposition, response and limitation.
2 adjudicated criminal outcomes
1 charge / indictment / inquiry record
0 suspected / rumor / speculation records
3 total editorially approved records
Convictions / Final Criminal Judgments 2
Limited to the exact offense, defendant, court, jurisdiction and disposition stated in the final record.
Convictions / Final Criminal JudgmentsEvidence A
Michigan guilty pleas and sentences for first-degree criminal sexual conduct
Michigan official records state that Nassar pleaded guilty to seven first-degree criminal sexual conduct counts in Ingham County and three in Eaton County, receiving sentences of 40–175 years and 40–125 years.
- Date
- 2018-02-05
- Jurisdiction
- Michigan, United States
- Status
- adjudicated
- Outcome
- Ten state felony convictions and lengthy prison sentences.
- Source authority
- primary_official
- Last checked
- 2026-07-27
Right of reply / response: Nassar entered guilty pleas and later pursued sentencing-related appeals.
Counter-evidence / limitation: The convictions establish Nassar's conduct, not automatic knowledge or culpability by every coach, doctor or administrator.
Proof needed: Maintain certified judgments and final appellate status for each county case.
Boundary: Limited to the exact offense, defendant, court, jurisdiction and disposition stated in the final record.
Open cited source: Michigan Attorney General case summaryConvictions / Final Criminal JudgmentsEvidence A
Federal conviction and 60-year sentence for CSAM and obstruction
Nassar pleaded guilty to receiving and possessing child pornography and destroying or concealing evidence, and was sentenced to 60 years in federal prison.
- Date
- 2017-12-07
- Jurisdiction
- United States federal court, Western District of Michigan
- Status
- adjudicated
- Outcome
- 60-year federal sentence consecutive to state sentences.
- Source authority
- primary_official
- Last checked
- 2026-07-27
Right of reply / response: Nassar pleaded guilty under a plea agreement.
Counter-evidence / limitation: The federal case concerns CSAM and obstruction; sexual-assault convictions were entered in state court.
Proof needed: Keep federal and state conduct separated and cross-linked.
Boundary: Limited to the exact offense, defendant, court, jurisdiction and disposition stated in the final record.
Open cited source: U.S. Attorney WDMI: Nassar sentencedCharges / Indictments / Criminal Complaints 0
A charge, indictment or complaint is an accusation, not proof of guilt. Presumption of innocence applies unless and until adjudicated.
No editorially approved charges / indictments / criminal complaints record is currently attached to this dossier.
Final Canonical Penal Judgments 0
This is a final adjudication under the named religious legal system. It is not a state criminal conviction and must not be presented as one.
No editorially approved final canonical penal judgments record is currently attached to this dossier.
Investigations / Inquiries 1
An investigation or inquiry records the scope and findings of the named official process. It does not substitute for a criminal conviction and must be read with the report's limitations.
Investigations / InquiriesEvidence A
DOJ OIG documented FBI handling failures
The DOJ Inspector General found failures in the FBI's handling of sexual-abuse allegations reported by USA Gymnastics, including delays and inaccurate statements by officials.
- Date
- 2021-07-14
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- Status
- closed
- Outcome
- Official inspector-general findings published.
- Source authority
- primary_official
- Last checked
- 2026-07-27
Right of reply / response: The OIG report includes agency responses and distinguishes individual conduct findings.
Counter-evidence / limitation: Institutional failures do not establish that every FBI, MSU or USA Gymnastics employee knew or intentionally concealed abuse.
Proof needed: Map report dates, referrals, interviews, delays and subsequent victims against exact findings.
Boundary: An investigation or inquiry records the scope and findings of the named official process. It does not substitute for a criminal conviction and must be read with the report's limitations.
Open cited source: DOJ OIG Nassar reportCivil / Regulatory / Sanctions Actions 0
Civil, regulatory, sanctions and administrative actions are distinct from criminal convictions and may be resolved without admissions.
No editorially approved civil / regulatory / sanctions actions record is currently attached to this dossier.
Substantiated Public Allegations 0
The allegation is attributed and supported by identified evidence or an official report but remains distinct from a criminal conviction unless adjudicated.
No editorially approved substantiated public allegations record is currently attached to this dossier.
Suspected Conduct / Analytical Hypotheses 0
This is an evidence-linked analytical hypothesis, not an established fact or legal finding.
No editorially approved suspected conduct / analytical hypotheses record is currently attached to this dossier.
Rumors / Speculation 0
Not established. Inclusion records the existence and origin of a public claim, not its truth.
No editorially approved rumors / speculation record is currently attached to this dossier.
Acquittals / Dismissals / Reversals / Responses 0
This record preserves the outcome, denial, response, pending review or exculpatory information and must be read with the underlying allegation or judgment.
No editorially approved acquittals / dismissals / reversals / responses record is currently attached to this dossier.
Predators in Power
Open the separate evidence-classified index for sexual-offence and child-harm records involving people with documented public, corporate, institutional or cultural power.
Classification rules, corrections and right of reply
- A conviction label requires an adjudicated criminal outcome from an authoritative source.
- Charges, indictments, complaints, arrests and investigations are not proof of guilt.
- Civil, regulatory and canonical findings must not be described as state criminal convictions.
- Dismissals, acquittals, reversals, withdrawals, pardons, denials and right-of-reply statements must remain attached to the claim.
- Association or proximity is neutral unless reliable evidence establishes knowledge, facilitation, concealment, participation, obstruction or another relevant act.
- Anonymous or unsourced allegations must not be published.
- Every record requires provenance, date, legal status, evidence grade, counter-evidence, proof needed and a boundary statement.
- Every existing criminal or safeguarding dossier represented in this registry must be regenerated and audited on every mission build.
Corrections, updated dispositions and documented responses must be added to the same subject record rather than silently replacing earlier history. Registry checked 2026-07-28.