Disgraced gymnastics physician Larry Nassar was stabbed in his jail cell after making a lewd comment throughout a ladies's Wimbledon match.

Nassar - a former physician for USA Gymnastics who was sentenced to greater than 300 years in jail for sexually assaulting kids and possessing youngster pornography - was stabbed in a Florida prison on Sunday.

Fellow inmate Shane McMillan, who has beforehand been convicted of assaulting officers and prisoners, is accused of finishing up the assault.

He reportedly attacked Nassar in his cell with a makeshift weapon - stabbing him within the neck, chest and again earlier than he was pulled away.

Nassar was given life-saving measures by jail guards and brought to hospital.

McMillan advised jail employees he attacked Nassar as a result of he apparently stated he needed to see women taking part in in a Wimbledon ladies's match on tv.

His legal professionals have been approached for remark.

Prison cells at most federal models are left open throughout the day, permitting inmates to maneuver freely across the services.

Because the assault occurred in a cell, there isn't any CCTV footage.

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Nassar was jailed in 2018 after greater than 250 athletes - together with Olympians Simone Biles and Aly Raisman - accused him of sexual assault.

He is prone to die in jail, along with his earliest launch date - if he's paroled for good behaviour - being the yr 2108, when he can be 144.

During sufferer impression statements in 2018, a number of athletes advised the court docket that - over the course of 20 years of sexual abuse - they'd advised adults what was taking place, together with coaches and athletic trainers, nevertheless it went unreported.

In December 2021, the victims of Nassar reached a settlement of just about $400m (£302.7m) with USA Gymnastics, the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee and insurers after a five-year authorized battle.

The settlement settlement coated claims introduced by Olympic gold medallists together with Biles, Raisman and McKayla Maroney - all of whom are among the many former physician's most high-profile victims of sexual abuse.