On Wednesday, January 24, 2018, former USA Gymnastics doctor Lawrence Nassar was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison after a seven-day trial accusing Nassar of multiple sex crimes over a span of 30 years during his time as a USA Gymnastics doctor. The judge presiding over the case, Rosemarie Aquilina, stated that Nassar will most likely die in prison because he will be at least 94 years old when he will have potentially completed his time going as far to say that she had signed his death warrant.

The case came with a wave of similar cases and accusations against a wide variety of people dealing with sexual crimes from former senator Roy Moore to “The Voice” winner Melanie Martinez. Also, it proves to be a major victory for the ‘Me Too’ movement pushing for exposing alleged sexual predators and calling for more serious treatment of sexual crimes. A total of 150 different women testified against Nassar including Olympic gold medalists Simone Biles and Aly Raisman all accusing Nassar of molesting girls over several years under the disguise of giving medical examinations or treatments. Some of them were as young as six years old when it happened. However, estimates have said that Nassar molested many more women.

Since Nassar has been sentenced, USA Gymnastics has cut ties with the Karolyi Ranch in Huntsville, Texas citing that it was the site of several cases of abuse by Nassar and failed to respond to these instances. In addition, The United States Olympic Committee also promised to take action in order to prevent future cases happening with athletic doctors after several Olympic athletes criticized them for failing to take appropriate action. Michigan State University President Lou Anna K. Simon resigned late Wednesday because Nassar had also been an athletic doctor at the university causing the NCAA to launch an investigation into the university’s conduct. However, nothing has been found yet in the investigation that indicates any sexual abuse incidents occurring at the university.

Even though the criminal case is over, several civil cases has been filed against Nassar accusing him of his abuse of power in a position of trust. None of the cases have reached court yet, but it is possible many of them will, meaning that Nassar could still have additional consequences in the future.