Pedophile doctor Larry Nassar is sentenced to 175 YEARS in prison after the judge EVISCERATES him by reading the letter he wrote last week insisting his 150 victims were after money and his 'procedures' were all medical
Larry Nassar was sentenced to 175 years in prison by Judge Rosemarie Aquilina on Wednesday after a seven-day hearing in Ingham County Court
'Your words these past several days, your words, have had a significant emotional effect on myself and has shaken me to my core,' Nassar told victims
That tearful apology was quickly revealed to be an act, with Judge Aquilina reading a letter that Nassar wrote last week
'I was a good doctor, because my treatments worked and those patients that are now speaking out were the same ones that praised and came back,' he wrote
He then stated: 'Now [the victims] are seeking the media attention and financial reward'
Larry Nassar was sentenced to 175 years in prison on Wednesday after a seven-day sentencing hearing in a Michigan courtroom.
'I just signed your death warrant,' said Judge Rosemarie Aquilinia, referencing the fact that Nassar would never again be a free man.
Nassar had agreed to serve a minimum sentence of 40 years as part of a plea deal, with that prison time coming after he complete his 60-year federal sentence for child pornography charges.
He was expected to get a maximum of 125 years in prison, but Judge Aquilina went well beyond that mark.
Prior to that, the pedophile doctor addressed his victims in a brief statement, choosing to turn and face the women as he made his remarks.
'Your words these past several days, your words, have had a significant emotional effect on myself and has shaken me to my core,' he mumbled through tears.
'I also realize what I'm feeling pales in comparison.'
He then added: 'I will carry you words with me for the rest of my days.'
Those tearful words were revealed to be completely hollow however by Judge Rosemarie Aquilina, who proved that point by reading from the letter that Nassar submitted to the court last week.
Going away: Larry Nassar (above) was sentenced to 175 years in prison by Judge Rosemarie Aquilina on Wednesday after a seven-day hearing in Ingham County Court.
Dry those eyes: That tearful apology was quickly revealed to be an act, with Judge Aquilina (above) reading the letter that Nassar wrote last week
A long road: Rachael Denhollander (above) smiles as Nassar is sentenced on Wednesday, almost two years after she filed her report against the doctor and set the case in motion
The fianl moments: A young woman tensely waits for Judge Aquilina to hand down her sentence on Wednesday in court
Primal fear: Judge Aquilina reads from the letter (above) that Nassar submitted in court last week while complaining about the state of his mental health
'What I did in the state cases was medical, not sexual, but because of the [federal porn conviction] I lost all credibility,' read Judge Aquilina from the letter.
'So I'm trying to avoid a trial to save the stress to my community, my family. But look what's happening. It's wrong.'
He then wrote about his victims in words that were a far cry from the statement he had made moments earlier in court.
'I was a good doctor, because my treatments worked and those patients that are now speaking out were the same ones that praised and came back over and over,' wrote Nassar.
'The media convinced them that it was wrong and bad.'
Nassar then drew gasps from the crowd as he declared: 'Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.'
Those gasps quickly turned to laughter however when Judge Aquilina read a subsequent line in Nassar's letter in which he painted himself to be a martyr.
'I was so manipulated by the Attorney General and now Aquilina, and all I wanted was to minimize stress to everyone,' wrote Nassar.
There were few laughs however when he made his next point in the letter, with Judge Aquilina reading: 'Now [the victims] are seeking the media attention and financial reward.'
Judge Aquilina had reached her breaking point by then, and reminded Nassar of his plea agreement.
'Would you like to withdraw your guilty plea?' she asked the doctor.
When Nassar declined she quickly pushed back however, not wanting to let this point rest after 156 victims had shared statements with the court.
'Because you are guilty, correct?' asked Aquilina.
Nassar then responded by mumbling: 'I've said my plea.'
Given his uncooperative state, Judge Aquilina decided at that point to speak for Nassar.
"You, sir, decided on a plea because there was no medical treatment. You did this for your own pleasure,' she told the defendant, who was flanked by his shell-shocked defense attorneys.
'This letter tells me you have still not owned what it is that you did. That you still think you're right, a doctor.'
Judge Aquilina then declared: 'I wouldn't send my dogs to you, sir.'
Face the music: 'Your words these past several days, your words, have had a significant emotional effect on myself and has shaken me to my core,' Nassar mumbled through tears (above with his defense team)
False prohet: 'What I did in the state cases was medical, not sexual, but because of the [federal porn conviction] I lost all credibility,' read Judge Aquilina from the letter (Nassar above on Wednesday)
Champions: Prosecutor Angela Povilaitis embraces other members of the prosecution team after the sentence was announced on Wednesday (above)
Last looks: Mattie Larson (left in white shirt on Wednesday watching Nassar being escorted away) told the pedophile doctor on Tuesday, 'I f***ing hate you'
Some closure: Nassar's sentencing provided some of the women with a sense of closure they said outside the courtroom (victim Chelsea Williams above with tissue on Friday)
Long week: Prosecuting attorney Povilaitis wipes a tear from her eye while listening to Denhollander speak in court on Wednesday
She then questioned why Nassar never sought treatment for what was clearly a lifelong perversion.
'Aside from the letter that you wrote, a couple months after your plea, which tells me you still don't get it, there's still something I don't understand,' said Judge Aquilina.
'Sir, you knew you had a problem. That's clear to me. You knew you had a problem from a very young age. You could have taken yourself away from temptation and you did not. Worse yet, there isn’t a survivor that didn’t come in and say how world-renowned you were.'
Those women were now dealing with the price they have been forced to pay for Nassar's untreated predilections.
'You can’t give them back their innocence, their youth,' said Acquilina of the victims, all of whom she had allowed to receive restitution.
'You can’t give a father back his life.'
The woman who brought down Larry Nassar and built an 'army of survivors' was the last to speak in the pedophile doctor's seven-day sentencing hearing on Wednesday.
Rachael Denhollander was 15 when she was sexually assaulted by Larry Nassar, and she began her remarks by stating: 'The sentence rendered today will send a message across this country. And so i ask, how much is a little girl worth? How much is a young women worth?'
Then mother-of-two then outlined the many reasons why Nassar deserved the maximum sentence, and why Michigan State University, USA Gymnastics and the United States Olympic Committee needed to be put under investigation.
She also shared a few shocking stories that spoke to the depraved behavior of Nassar's defense team, MSU staff and the man she succeeded in sending to prison.
'I held my first born, and then my two daughters, and each time Larry I remembered the day you brought Caroline in so I could hold her,' recalled Denhollander at one point, recounting a vicit from her abuser and his newborn child.
'You knew how much I loved children and you used your own daughter to manipulate me.'
Denhollander, who has sat in the courtroom every day, approached the podium on Wednesday after a brief introduction from Michigan Assistant Attorney General Angela Povilaitis'
'I knew after meeting her we would be here at some point,' she told the court of the woman whose 2016 report put multiple cases against Nassar in motion.
'I knew there was no doubt that she would carry this case and the world would believe her.'
She was composed and calm throughout her statement, keeping a even tone and never once bursting into tears or raising her voice.
'Larry meticulously groomed me for the purpose of exploiting me for his sexual pleasure,' Denhollander informed the court.
It was then revealed to the court how this happens, with the victim explaining that because no adult questioned Nassar's practices or motives, she assumed his penetration of her was normal medical practice.
'As Larry abused me, I assured myself it was just fine because I thought I could trust the adults around me,' said Denhollander.
'And so I lay still.'
She now knows however that it was not a medical treatment but sexual assault, and she called out the number of times places like MSU ignored reports and complaints and allegations about Nassar's practices.
The other person who sat in the courtroom for the past seven days, Denhollander's husband Jacob, also had some words to share on Wednesday.
He posted on Twitter after his wife spoke, writing: 'I've always known how amazing Rachael Denhollander is. Now you do, too.'
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