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2000 Olympian and former NCAA champion
2000 Olympian, former NCAA champion, and a member of the UCLA athletic hall of fame. She was the first to sue Nassar in September 2016.PROFILE
Jamie Dantzscher
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FROM Jamie Dantzscher
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Former Olympic gymnast on abuse by Larry Nassar and other coaches Larry Nassar was sentenced today to 175 years in prison for sexually abusing more than 150 female gymnasts. He served as the doctor for USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University. For the last week, the court in Michigan has been the scene of wrenching testimony from Nassar’s victims. We speak with Jamie Dantzscher, the first woman to sue Nassar. She won bronze at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
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