USA Gymnastics said that it is asking survivors of sexual abuse by Larry Nassar to "accept a settlement agreement" that would pay $1.25M each to former Olympic and World Championships team members who were "abused by Nassar but $82,550 to others," according to Scott Reid of the ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER. The agreement releases the USOPC, former USAG CEO Steve Penny and former national team directors Bela and Martha Karolyi from all claims, but "does not address the extent USA Gymnastics officials were aware of the predatory behavior of Nassar and others and to what steps, if any, they took to conceal that sexual abuse from unknowing potential victims." The proposed $217M settlement, part of a reorganization plan that USAG "filed with the court earlier this year," would divide survivors into "four groups." Women "sexually abused by Nassar at the Olympics, Worlds, national team training camps or other national team events would receive $1,250,757 each." Non-elite gymnasts abused at USAG-sanctioned events "would receive $508,670 each." Individuals abused at non-USAG locations "would receive $174,401 each and individuals with 'derivative claims' $82,550 each." This comes after "months of talks" between attorneys for USAG and hundreds of Nassar survivors "stalled with the two sides still hundreds of millions of dollars apart." It also follows a "motion filed by attorneys for the survivors in January asking the bankruptcy court to dismiss USA Gymnastics’ bid for Chapter 11 protection." The proposed settlement is less than half the $500M settlement Michigan State reached with Nassar survivors (ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, 2/22).
