USA Gymnastics and U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee agree to pay $380 million to survivors of former Olympic team doctor and convicted sexual predator Larry Nassar

USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee have agreed to pay $380 million and meet several other non-monetary provisions to settle lawsuits filed by the survivors of former Olympic team doctor Larry Nassar.

The settlement agreement came after the latest round of mediation in Indianapolis and closes a major chapter in a legal battle that started more than five years ago when former Olympian Jamie Dantzscher filed the first civil lawsuit against the convicted serial sexual predator. More than 500 others eventually filed similar claims against Nassar’s former employers.

Coupled with the $500 million settlement from Michigan State University in May 2018, the total of $880 million in settlements is the largest involving a single perpetrator in a sexual assault case, according to plaintiff’s attorney John Manly.

“This settlement is the result of the bravery of hundreds of survivors who, despite legal obstacles, long odds and the best corporate legal talent money can buy, refused to be silent. The power of their story eventually won the day,” Manly said.

While settlement talks had been ongoing for years, a formal agreement was reached Monday, according to a number of people — including Manly, who represents more than 180 Nassar survivors. He refused to discuss details of the mediation talks beyond the timing, but said, “I’ve done thousands of cases in my life. This is the one I’m most proud of.”

Nassar worked as a volunteer with USA Gymnastics for more than two decades, including serving as the national team’s medical coordinator starting in 1996. He pleaded guilty in 2017 to possession of child pornography and, in early 2018,…