米体操の元医師、刑務所で複数回刺される　性的虐待で服役中

【マイアミＡＦＰ＝時事】米国体操連盟の元チーム医師で、数百人に上る女子選手への性的虐待で服役中のラリー・ナサール受刑者（５９）が、他の受刑者に複数回刺された。ナサール受刑者が服役している刑務所の責任者が１０日に明らかにした。（写真は米国体操連盟の元チーム医師、ラリー・ナサール受刑者）
　米フロリダ州サムタービルにある連邦刑務所の責任者によると、ナサール受刑者は９日に首を２回、胸部を６回、背中を２回刺された。最後に受けた報告によれば、容体は安定しているという。
　米連邦刑務所局（ＢＯＰ）は、ナサール受刑者がなぜ襲われたのかは「プライバシー」を理由に公表を控えたが、同刑務所で「受刑者１人」が襲撃され、地元の病院に搬送されたと説明し、現在内部調査が行われていると明かした。
　ＢＯＰによると、ナサール受刑者が服役中の刑務所は厳重な警備が敷かれており、現在１２１４人の男性受刑者を収容している。しかし、前述の責任者の話では、同刑務所は「深刻な人員危機」に陥っているという。
　ナサール受刑者は、連盟やミシガン州立大学で２０年以上にわたり勤務していた際、女子選手らに性的暴行を加えた。２０１７年から１８年に行われた裁判で有罪を認め、最長１７５年の禁錮刑を言い渡された。
　被害者には五輪金メダリストのシモーネ・バイルスやアレクサンドラ・レイズマン氏、マッケイラ・マロニー氏らも含まれている。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/07/11-16:29）

Larry Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics team doctor convicted of sexually assaulting hundreds of athletes, was in stable condition Monday after being stabbed multiple times by another inmate, a prison union official said.
Nassar, 59, was attacked on Sunday afternoon at the federal USP Coleman II prison in Sumterville, Florida, where he is serving his sentence, Joe Rojas, the president of the local correctional officers union, told AFP.
The disgraced physician was stabbed twice in the neck, six times in the chest and twice in the back, Rojas said.
He's in stable condition last I heard, Rojas said.
Nassar pleaded guilty in late 2017 and early 2018 to sexually assaulting athletes while working as a sports medicine doctor at USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University and was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison.
Hundreds of women -- including Olympic gold medalists Simone Biles, Aly Raisman and McKayla Maroney -- have accused Nassar of sexually abusing them during his career of more than two decades.
The Bureau of Prisons (BoP) declined to confirm for privacy reasons that Nassar had been attacked but in response to a query about him said an inmate had been assaulted at 2:35 pm on Sunday at the Coleman prison and taken to a local hospital.
Responding staff immediately initiated life-saving measures, the BoP said in a statement. Staff requested emergency medical services and life-saving efforts continued.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation was notified, the BoP said, and an internal investigation is ongoing.
Nassar's victims reached a $380 million settlement with USA Gymnastics in 2021, one of the largest ever recorded for victims of sex abuse.
USA Gymnastics filed for bankruptcy in 2018 after a tidal wave of allegations against Nassar swamped the organization.
Michigan State University reached a $500 million settlement with hundreds of Nassar's victims in 2018.
The prison where Nassar is serving his sentence is a high security facility and currently houses 1,214 male offenders, according to the BoP.
Rojas, the prison union official, said the penitentiary is currently experiencing a severe staffing crisis.