The number of women who say former gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar sexually abused them has shot up to 265, a judge overseeing his latest sentencing hearing in Michigan said Wednesday.
The new number means dozens of accusers have come forward and spoken to authorities in the last few weeks, but Eaton County Judge Janice Cunningham said there could be an “infinite number” of unidentified victims.
Nassar, 54, has been criminally charged in just 10 cases. He was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in Ingham County last week after pleading guilty to molesting seven girls at his Michigan State University office. In Eaton County, he pleaded guilty to abusing three more girls at Twistars gymnastics club.
More than 150 women and girls gave impact statements at his Ingham County sentencing earlier this month, an extraordinary outpouring that captured the nation’s attention and brought dramatic change that continued Wednesday with the resignation of the entire board of USA Gymnastics.
Among the other fallout:
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- The president and athletic director of Michigan State University, where Nassar had his practice, resigned. (The school named former Gov. John Engler interim president on Wednesday, over protest from some faculty and students who believe he is too entrenched.)
- The Michigan attorney general named a special counsel to investigate MSU and demanded a pile of records and emails.
- USA Gymnastics promised to cooperate with an independent investigation called for by the Olympic Committee.
- USA Gymnastics cut ties with the Karolyi Ranch and Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the Texas Rangers to take over a probe into the ranch.
- Meridian Township police planned to publicly apologize to a woman who reported Nassar in 2004.
The 265 accusers include six Olympic medalists who say Nassar repeatedly molested them. Simone Biles, the star of the 2016 games, told TODAY that she is still suffering the effects of what happened.
“It feels like he took a part of me that I can’t get back,” Biles said.