From Ed Westwick to Harvey Weinstein, accusations in the entertainment industry have been pouring out against numerous hollywood stars about alleged sexual assault. As we move into 2018 so do these accusations. Shifting into the world of athletes, Larry Nassar is the most recent name to emerge, adding to the queue of men assaulting females in the entertainment industry. Before Nassar was a USA gymnastics coach he worked at Michigan State University.

The following is a timeline of Larry Nassar and his road to his current situation:

The first assault took place in 1992, when Nassar was still a medical student at MSU. He allegedly assaulted a 12-year old girl, using medical research as a guide to avoid penalties. Moving onto 1997 when Nassar was officially named the gymnastics team physician, while also juggling a job as an assistant professor at MSU. In the same year a 16 year old girl, Larissa Boyce, and the parents of others reported Nassar for misconduct. But all the allegations went unnoticed. Now 37, Boyce says “ I must have been misunderstanding what’s going on”. His abuses do not stop with girls that he works with. In 1998 he began abusing the 6-year old daughter of one of his close friends. But for years he managed to convince his family friends for years never to look into the allegations their daughter was making.

In 2000, a softball player at Michigan state accused assar on being sexually inappropriate during medical treatments. Instead of pursuing these allegations they told her that “she was fortunate to receive the best medical care possible from a world-renowned doctor.” That same year Nassar attends the 2000 Olympics in Sydney for the women’s gymnastics team as a physician, and served the same purpose in the 2008 Beijing Olympic games.

Fast forwarding to 2014, a MSU graduate makes accusations against Nassar for assaulting her when she was 17. A police report was filed against an “unnamed physician” after the accusations. Despite the investigation Nassar was able to continue working closely with patients for 16 months because the university investigation neglected to pass on information to the prosecution until July 2015.

It was not until August 4th, 2016 that the first article about a USA gymnastics scandal was published, finally bringing to light the issues that have been kept hidden from the limelight for years. Amazingly, only a day later, the US Senate wrote a letter to Steve Penny, USA Gymnastics CEO. They made concern clear and noted knowledge of unlawful discretion when they said “The report details failures by USA Gymnastics to alert authorities of sex abuse allegations against several coaches, despite being notified of serious allegations on numerous occasions. Some allegations were allowed to linger for years before any action was taken, leaving young victims in the supervision of sexual predators.” By the end of August Nassar was reassigned from all clinical duties at MSU.

Finally, USA Gymnastics makes a public statement September 12, 2016 addressing the issue.

“We also relieved Dr. Nassar of his duties, and he ceased to be affiliated with USA Gymnastics. USA Gymnastics has cooperated fully with the law enforcement agency since we first notified them of the matter, including – at their request – refraining from making further statements or taking any other action that might interfere with the agency’s investigation. We are grateful to the athletes for coming forward to share their concerns when they did.”

Only days after this statement was issued MSU fires Nassar from all duties at their university. A month later, in November 2016, Nassar is given his first formal charge: three counts of first degree criminal sexual abuse.

In December, in a separate case, Nassar is indicted on federal child pornography charges. January 2017 is when the outpour of accusations begin. Nassar kickstarts his 2017 with eighteen women file charges against him all relating to sexual abuse dating back to 1996 through 2016. In this same month Larry Nassar’s medical license is suspended by Michigan State University. Female MSU gymnastics coach Katie Klages is suspended after it’s discovered she discouraged students to file reports against Nassar bac in the ‘90s.

As 2017 continues on, month by month more courageous women speak out about their experiences with Larry Nassar. The number of charges against Nassar rise till they reach over 150 counts of criminal sexual assault. Globally known Olympic athletes such as Simone Biles, Ali Raisman, Gabby Douglas, and McKayla Maroney are included in the extensive list of victims that Nassar has accumulated since the early ‘90s.

In early December, Nassar was sentenced to 60 years on his child pornography charges alone. Circling back to the abuse of Nassar’s close friend’s daughter, she made a statement along with 156 other women January 2018. She recalled the abuse that started when she was only 6-years old.

“You used my body for six years, for your own sexual gratification. That is unforgivable…I told counselors your name in the hopes they would report you. I have reported you to child protective services twice….You were first arrested on my charges, and now, as the only non-medical victim to come forward, I testify to let the world know that you are a repulsive liar. And that those “treatments” were pathetically veiled sexual abuse. Perhaps you have figured it out by now, but little girls don’t stay little forever. They grow into strong women that return to destroy your world.”

The Victim Impact statements were given over an eight day long sentencing process. Each woman bravely faced Nassar and spoke on their personal account with Nassar. After these statements, MSU board of trustees have gone after Michigan State President Lou Anna K. Simon. They find her partly responsible for never taking action or investigating the countless accusations that had been disregarded over the years.

Three members of the USA Gymnastics executive board: Paul Parilla, Jay Binder and Bitsy Kelley, all resigned as the Nassar case came to a close and the USA gymnastics have stayed relatively mum on the matter.

Judge Janice Cunningham sentences Larry Nassar to 40 to 125 years in prison on three charges of criminal sexual misconduct.

Judge Rosemarie Aquilina sentences Larry Nassar to 40-to-175 years in prison on seven counts of criminal sexual assault. Each of these sentences are to begin after Nassar completes his 60 years for child pornography. Judge Aquilina left her court with a powerful statement.

“I find that you don’t get it. That you are a danger. You remain a danger. I am a judge who believes in life and rehabilitation, when rehabilitation is possible. I have many defendants come back and show me the great things they’ve done in their lives after probation, after parole. I don’t find that’s possible with you.”

As of February fifth these sentences were the latest news to be reported, but both sentences combined only addressed ten counts of criminal sexual assault and misconduct, meaning Nasar has a long road ahead of him.