LANSING, Mich. - Over 100 victims are expected to appear and speak during the sentencing hearing for former gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar who has plead guilty to several counts of sexual abuse and assault.

Nassar has plead guilty to abusing young girls for decades. His main sentencing hearing started on Tuesday and is expected to last at least four days with nearly 100 victims speaking.

WATCH: Day 1 of victims addressing former doctor Larry Nassar at sentencing in sexual abuse cases

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WATCH: Day 3 of victims addressing former doctor Larry Nassar at sentencing in sexual abuse cases

WATCH: Day 4 of victims addressing former doctor Larry Nassar at sentencing in sexual abuse cases

WATCH: Day 5 of victims addressing former doctor Larry Nassar at sentencing in sexual abuse cases

Below you'll find victim statements as they are being made. This list will be updated throughout the day. (Warning: Strong, disturbing language in videos)

Whitney Burns met Nassar at age 15 after she and her family were involved in a head-on collision and they were referred to the famed doctor.

“Our family was so vulnerable at this time,” Burns said. “The power Larry nassar held was given to him and we are here to take it away.”

Isabell Hutchins told the court about a box of gifts Nassar sent her from past Olympic events. She brought the box to court and read from the letters he sent her.

“Being only 10 years old, him being the most trusted doctor that all of my teammates saw, and having a friend say that she experienced the same thing, well I thought nothing of it,” Hutchins said. “

Natalie Woodland, 16, told the court that many of these abuses could have been prevented.

“To those people and organizations who let Nassar get away with these disgusting acts for so long, shame on you,” Woodland said. “People came to you crying out for help and you did nothing but turn them away, threaten them, and make them feel worse about their situation.”

Jillian Swinehart told the court that she questions the injuries Nassar diagnosed.

“I know that I should not feel ashamed of what happened to me because it was not my fault at all, it was yours,” Swinehart said. “All of this is your fault.”

Swinehart’s mother, addressed the court telling the court how the abuse affected her daughter and their family.

“I’ll never forget the day that she that Larry had done this to her,” Swinehart said. “It’s like your world collapses.”</s>Larry Nassar was supposed to be top-notch in the field — a doctor who worked with elite athletes. So young gymnasts and their families sought him out with broken bones and injuries. They thought he could help them heal.

In return, the renowned former USA Gymnastics doctor followed a vicious pattern. Nassar has admitted to sexually abusing the girls under the guise of providing medical treatment. He has also admitted in court to putting his finger into the vagina of patients in cases for more than two decades — including girls under the age of 13.

In what has been a remarkable reckoning in the massive sexual abuse scandal, more than 150 victims have delivered searing accounts of the excruciating hours they spent being assaulted, how Nassar manipulated them and how his abuse changed their lives.

But the women also delivered powerful statements of resolve in the wake of those struggles as Nassar listened on in court.

“I’m not the little girl I used to be,” Mattie Larson said in court. “I have a voice now, and I want to be heard.”

For the sixth day, the victim impact statements continued Tuesday, and in all, prosecutors say a total of 158 statements will be read or delivered in court.

Court officials initially said about 88 victims would speak during the sentencing, but dozens of others have come forward since, empowered by what Olympian Aly Raisman called the “army of survivors.”

The statements are expected to finish on Tuesday or Wednesday. After that, Circuit Court Judge Rosemarie Aquilina is expected to announce Nassar’s sentence. He could face 40 to 125 years in prison after pleading guilty to seven counts of criminal sexual conduct in Ingham County, Michigan.

He has already been sentenced to 60 years in prison for federal child pornography charges and has pleaded guilty to three charges of criminal sexual conduct in Eaton County, Michigan.

But the scandal reverberates far beyond Nassar, the once respected doctor who enjoyed a prestigious perch as an associate professor at the Michigan State University from 1997 to 2016 and also worked as the gymnastics team doctor through four Olympic Games. Scores of women said they were abused and then pressured into silence by powerful institutions that protected him and enabled him for decades.

USA Gymnastics and Michigan State have separately said they reported Nassar’s abuse immediately when they learned about it, but a number of victims said they told authorities about the abuse years ago and were ignored.

In the fallout, USA Gymnastics cut ties with the Karolyi Ranch, the women’s gymnastics training facility where gymnasts said abuse went unchecked. Several board members of USA Gymnastics resigned.

Prominent Olympians including Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas and McKayla Maroney, have said they were abused by Nassar. Raisman accused USA Gymnastics of “rotting from the inside” and called on its new leader to take responsibility.

Michigan State University’s leadership also has been under fire, with a protest planned Friday demanding the resignation of its president Lou Anna K. Simon. Nassar had served as the gymnastics and women’s crew team physician at the university.

“Michigan State University, the school I loved and trusted, had the audacity to tell me that I did not understand the difference between sexual assault and a medical procedure,” survivor Amanda Thomashow said last week.

Michigan State maintains no official believed Nassar committed sexual abuse until newspapers began reporting on the allegations during the summer of 2016. Any suggestion that the university engaged in a cover-up is “simply false,” an MSU statement asserted last week.

Since last Tuesday, survivors have recounted painful experiences in front of Nassar, who wore a prison uniform and looked away.

One after another, women have recounted damning accounts of how he abused them. Some appeared in person and others recorded their statements.

A number of victims said they suffered from self-doubt, anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. Some said they or their loved ones harmed themselves because of Nassar’s abuse.</s>Larry Nassar was supposed to be top-notch in the field — a doctor who worked with elite athletes. So young gymnasts and their families sought him out with broken bones and injuries. They thought he could help them heal.

In return, the renowned former USA Gymnastics doctor followed a vicious pattern. Nassar has admitted to sexually abusing the girls under the guise of medical treatment. He has also admitted in court to putting his finger into the vagina of patients in cases going back as far as 1998 — including girls under the age of 13.

In what has been a reckoning in the massive sexual abuse scandal, victims have delivered searing accounts of the excruciating hours they spent being assaulted, how they cried after appointments and how Nassar manipulated them.

For the sixth day, the victim impact statements are expected to continue Tuesday and in all, prosecutors say a total of about 144 will be read or delivered in court. Court adjourned Monday after 133 victim impact statements were read.

After that, Circuit Court Judge Rosemarie Aquilina is expected to announce her decision on Nassar’s sentence. Nassar could face 40 to 125 years in prison after pleading guilty to seven counts of criminal sexual conduct in Ingham County, Michigan.

He has already been sentenced to 60 years in prison for federal child pornography charges and has pleaded guilty to three charges of criminal sexual conduct in Eaton County, Michigan.

But the scandal reverberates far beyond Nassar, the once respected doctor who enjoyed a prestigious perch as an associate professor at the Michigan State University from 1997 to 2016 and also worked as the gymnastics team doctor through four Olympic Games. Scores of women said they were abused and then pressured into silence by powerful institutions that protected him and enabled him for decades.

USA Gymnastics and Michigan State have separately said they reported Nassar’s abuse immediately when they learned about it, but a number of victims said they told authorities about the abuse years ago and were ignored.

In the fallout, USA Gymnastics cut ties with the Karolyi Ranch, the women’s gymnastics training facility where gymnasts said abuse went unchecked. Several board members of USA Gymnastics resigned.

Prominent Olympians including Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas and McKayla Maroney, have said they were abused by Nassar. Raisman accused USA Gymnastics of “rotting from the inside” and called on its new leader to take responsibility.

Michigan State University’s leadership also has been under fire, with a protest planned Friday demanding the resignation of its president Lou Anna K. Simon. Nassar had served as the gymnastics and women’s crew team physician at the university.

“Michigan State University, the school I loved and trusted, had the audacity to tell me that I did not understand the difference between sexual assault and a medical procedure,” survivor Amanda Thomashow said last week.

Michigan State maintains no official believed Nassar committed sexual abuse until newspapers began reporting on the allegations during the summer of 2016. Any suggestion that the university engaged in a cover-up is “simply false,” an MSU statement asserted last week.

Since last Tuesday, survivors have recounted painful experiences in front of Nassar, who wore a prison uniform and looked away.

One after another, women have recounted damning accounts of how he abused them. Some appeared in person and others recorded their statements.

A number of victims said they suffered from self-doubt, anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. Some said they or their loved ones harmed themselves because of Nassar’s abuse.</s>A former elite gymnast said Tuesday that a sports doctor who treated Olympic athletes overlooked what turned out to be a broken leg while he molested her in the basement of his home, one of the latest victims to testify at a Michigan sentencing hearing for Larry Nassar.

Isabell Hutchins practiced for weeks at a Lansing-area gymnastics club and even competed at national events despite acute leg pain as a teen in 2011. She said Nassar did nothing to encourage her to get help and instead molested her during late-night appointments at his home.

"You didn't heal me. You only hurt me," Hutchins told Nassar, who was seated a few feet away in the Ingham County courtroom.

Nassar, 54, has admitted sexually assaulting athletes under the guise of medical treatment when he was employed by Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics, which is the sport's national governing organization and trains Olympians.

Hutchins, who spoke as the sentencing phase of the assault case entered a sixth day, brought some of the trinkets that Nassar had given her from the 1996 Olympics and recalled how she helped clear his basement after damage from a flood.

Nassar pleaded guilty to assaulting seven people in Ingham County, but the sentencing hearing has been open to anyone who said they were a victim. Almost 160 women or girls have asked to speak or have a statement read on their behalf. Under a plea deal, he faces a minimum of 25 to 40 years behind bars, although the actual sentence could be much higher.

He already has been sentenced to 60 years in federal prison for child pornography crimes.

Before Judge Rosemarie Aquilina entered court, Nassar settled into a chair next to his lawyer and shook his head while reading a piece of paper.

The judge continued her practice of praising each speaker. She tried to ease the guilt of a mother who blamed herself for not catching the abuse.

"The red flags may have been there, but they were designed to be hidden. Leave the blame here with him," Aquilina said.

Larry Nassar case shows the courage of victims and shamefulness of enablers »

Aly Raisman's mom rips into Michigan State coach Tom Izzo: 'Are you a moron?' »</s>Know Your Value</s>I keep thinking about that People magazine cover, the one that declared them “America’s Sweethearts!” while they grinned for the camera, more than half of them sharing an unspeakably painful secret.

The Final Five — Gabby Douglas, Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, Lauren Hernandez, Madison Kocian — held a record-breaking number of Olympic team medals among them, embodied precision, grace and muscle that defied what we understood to be humanly possible, and were united by more than their athletic prowess.

They were united, at least three of them, in their abuse by a predator who exploited their trust and by a system of enablers that did nothing to stop him.

On Monday, Indianapolis-based USA Gymnastics announced the resignations of three leaders — Chairman Paul Parilla, Vice Chairman Jay Binder and Treasurer Bitsy Kelley — just a few days after Raisman’s gut-wrenching testimony in court about sports doctor Larry Nassar , who stands accused of sexually abusing her and more than 100 other women.

Douglas and Biles also have accused Nassar of sexual abuse. Close to 100 women testified last week at sentencing hearings for Nassar, a former USA Gymnastics doctor and sports medicine physician at Michigan State University who pleaded guilty to charges of criminal sexual conduct and child pornography.

Nassar already has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for child pornography crimes. Under a plea deal, he faces a minimum prison sentence of 25 to 40 years for molestation.

Then what? Are his survivors healed? Is the culture that bred and fed Nassar?

John Geddert, the U.S. women's gymnastics coach for the 2012 Olympics, was just suspended while USA Gymnastics completes an investigation.

ESPN magazine published an article last week, “Nassar Surrounded by Adults Who Enabled His Predatory Behavior,” that examines, among other things, Geddert’s relationship with Nassar. It will boil your blood, but it’s essential reading if you want to understand this mess.

“John and Larry were like this perfect storm,” said Priscilla Kintigh, a former student and, later, employee at Twistars, one of Geddert’s gyms. “You become so unapproachable that your own gymnasts don’t feel comfortable telling you what's going on. ... Kids were terrified of (Geddert).”

One Michigan State University trustee, Mitch Lyons, is calling for the university’s president, Lou Anna Simon, to step down, following questions over what she knew about Nassar and when she knew it.

“I don’t feel that President Simon can survive the public outcry that has been generated by this tragedy and even less so after hearing the testimony of these brave survivors of Larry Nassar’s abuse,” Lyons wrote in a statement. “I feel that our best recourse is for President Simon to resign immediately in order to allow the healing process to begin, first and foremost for the survivors and secondarily for our university.”

On Friday, the university’s board of trustees asked state Attorney General Bill Schuette to launch a review of the university’s handling of the events surrounding Nassar.

Where was this outrage in 2014 when Simon learned about a Title IX complaint and a police report filed against a school physician?

A damning Detroit News story alleges at least 14 Michigan State representatives — athletic trainers, assistant coaches, a university police detective and an official who is now MSU’s assistant general counsel — were warned about Nassar in the two decades before his arrest. The women testifying in Nassar’s sentencing hearing are alleging the same.

Where was the outrage then?

“Your abuse started 30 years ago,” Raisman read to Nassar in her incredibly powerful impact statement last week. “But that’s just the first reported incident we know of. If over these many years, just one adult listened, and had the courage and character to act, this tragedy could have been avoided.”

That’s what I keep coming back to.

How badly we wanted to believe these girls are our sweethearts.

How badly we want to win.

How little we’ve evolved, really, since the days of Roman gladiators — ready to watch flesh torn from bones, complicit in human suffering, willing to sacrifice human dignity for our entertainment.

“Larry was the Olympic doctor, and he molested me at the 2012 London Olympic games,” Raisman said in court. “(The United States Olympic Committee says) now they applaud those who have spoken out, but it’s easier to say that now. When the brave women who started speaking out back then, more than a year after the USOC says they knew about Nassar, they were dismissed. At the 2016 Olympic games, the president of the USOC said that the USOC would not conduct an investigation and even defended USA Gymnastics as one of the leaders in developing policies to protect athletes. That’s the response a courageous woman gets when she speaks out? And when others joined those athletes and began speaking out with more stories of abuse, were they acknowledged? No. It is like being abused all over again.

“I have represented the United States of America in two Olympics and have done so successfully,” she continued, “and both USA Gymnastics and the United States Olympic Committee have been very quick to capitalize and celebrate my success. But did they reach out when I came forward? No. So, at this point, talk is worthless to me. We’re dealing with real lives in the future of our sport. We need to believe this won’t happen again.”</s>Olympic gymnast Nastia Liukin has voiced her support for athletes who have come forward with allegations of abuse by U.S. gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.

"I continue to be in awe of my teammates and other women and the bravery it took for them to come forward with their own stories of Larry Nassar's abuse,” Liukin wrote in a blog post. “All week long I have been a witness to their testimonies live on my computer. They all inspire me with their courage.”



 "To compete on the biggest stage of our lives, while knowing the man on the floor with us was a monster, takes incredible fortitude and strength,” she continued. “His actions and assaults against my teammates, friends and other women are appalling and disgusting and I am so sorry they had to go through it alone."

Liukin also shared that she hopes to help, “create positive change and a brighter future,” and is starting by donating proceeds from her upcoming gymnastics competition, the Nastia Liukin Cup, to victims of sexual abuse.

She also noted that her father is currently coach of the Women’s National Team and also wants to improve the “culture and environment of this program.”

“He continues to stay committed to providing a safe environment for these young women working so hard at a sport we all love so much,” she wrote.

Sports stars, including gold medalists Aly Raisman and McKayla Maroney, have come forward with stories of alleged abuse. In November, the former sports doctor pleaded guilty and was charged with molesting seven girls under the guise of treatment at his home and clinic at Michigan State University. Nassar, who faces lawsuits filed by more than 125 women and girls, was sentenced to 60 years in prison in December. Victims' impact statements have been read or delivered in court over the past few days at the sentencing.

See more on the allegations against Nassar below.

NEWS: Simone Biles Claims She Was Also Sexually Abused by Former USA Doctor Larry Nassar

NEWS: Chrissy Teigen Offers to Pay $100K Fine if McKayla Maroney Breaks Her NDA Against Larry Nassar</s>Larry Nassar was supposed to be top-notch in the field — a doctor who worked with elite athletes. So young gymnasts and their families sought him out with broken bones and injuries. They thought he could help them heal.

In return, the renowned former USA Gymnastics doctor followed a vicious pattern. Nassar has admitted to sexually abusing the girls under the guise of medical treatment. He has also admitted in court to putting his finger into the vagina of patients in cases going back as far as 1998 — including girls under the age of 13.

In what has been a reckoning in the massive sexual abuse scandal, victims have delivered searing accounts of the excruciating hours they spent being assaulted, how they cried after appointments and how Nassar manipulated them.

For the sixth day, the victim impact statements are expected to continue Tuesday and in all, prosecutors say a total of about 144 will be read or delivered in court. Court adjourned Monday after 133 victim impact statements were read.

After that, Circuit Court Judge Rosemarie Aquilina is expected to announce her decision on Nassar’s sentence. Nassar could face 40 to 125 years in prison after pleading guilty to seven counts of criminal sexual conduct in Ingham County, Michigan.

He has already been sentenced to 60 years in prison for federal child pornography charges and has pleaded guilty to three charges of criminal sexual conduct in Eaton County, Michigan.

But the scandal reverberates far beyond Nassar, the once respected doctor who enjoyed a prestigious perch as an associate professor at the Michigan State University from 1997 to 2016 and also worked as the gymnastics team doctor through four Olympic Games. Scores of women said they were abused and then pressured into silence by powerful institutions that protected him and enabled him for decades.

USA Gymnastics and Michigan State have separately said they reported Nassar’s abuse immediately when they learned about it, but a number of victims said they told authorities about the abuse years ago and were ignored.

In the fallout, USA Gymnastics cut ties with the Karolyi Ranch, the women’s gymnastics training facility where gymnasts said abuse went unchecked. Several board members of USA Gymnastics resigned.

Prominent Olympians including Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas and McKayla Maroney, have said they were abused by Nassar. Raisman accused USA Gymnastics of “rotting from the inside” and called on its new leader to take responsibility.

Michigan State University’s leadership also has been under fire, with a protest planned Friday demanding the resignation of its president Lou Anna K. Simon. Nassar had served as the gymnastics and women’s crew team physician at the university.

“Michigan State University, the school I loved and trusted, had the audacity to tell me that I did not understand the difference between sexual assault and a medical procedure,” survivor Amanda Thomashow said last week.

Michigan State maintains no official believed Nassar committed sexual abuse until newspapers began reporting on the allegations during the summer of 2016. Any suggestion that the university engaged in a cover-up is “simply false,” an MSU statement asserted last week.

Since last Tuesday, survivors have recounted painful experiences in front of Nassar, who wore a prison uniform and looked away.

One after another, women have recounted damning accounts of how he abused them. Some appeared in person and others recorded their statements.

A number of victims said they suffered from self-doubt, anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. Some said they or their loved ones harmed themselves because of Nassar’s abuse.</s>U.S. Gymnast Nastia Liukin broke her silence on Larry Nassar’s abuse of young gymnasts in a lengthy blog post on Sunday, January 21. More than 130 women have forward to accuse the former USA Gymnastics doctor of sexual misconduct, including gold medalists McKayla Maroney, Jordyn Wieber, Aly Raisman and Simone Biles. Many of them spoke at his sentencing in Lansing, Michigan, last week.

“I continue to be in awe of my teammates and other women and the bravery it took for them to come forward with their own stories of Larry Nassar’s abuse. All week long I have been a witness to their testimonies live on my computer. They all inspire me with their courage,” Liukin, 28, wrote on her website. “To compete on the biggest stage of our lives, while knowing the man on the floor with us was a monster, takes incredible fortitude and strength. His actions and assaults against my teammates, friends and other women are appalling and disgusting and I am so sorry they had to go through it alone.”

She also apologized to anyone who took her silence on the matter as a lack of support for her teammates. “When I first found out about Larry’s disgusting crimes, I was completely shocked. I couldn’t believe the man I trusted and had even publicly thanked for helping to heal my injuries was a monster to so many people I care so much about,” the 2008 Olympic medalist wrote. “One of the first times I was asked about this was on national television and I was completely caught off guard. I realized I gave the impression I was not fully supportive of my teammates. I stumbled through my words because I couldn’t even begin to process my thoughts, let alone my words, about his abhorrent and criminal actions.”

USA Gymnastics announced on January 19 that it would no longer hold its training camp at the Karolyi Ranch in Huntsville, Texas, since many gymnasts claimed that’s where the abuse took place. Following the news, Liukin’s father, the current head coach of the Women’s National Team, announced he would offer up local training centers for the teams to work in.

“Looking towards the future, my father is now the Women’s National Team Coach. He has been there as an athlete, a coach, and most importantly a father,” Liukin added in her blog. “He, as much as anyone else, wants to change the culture and environment of this program. The first step was offering one of his two gyms, WOGA in Texas, as a temporary place for the Women’s National Team while they search for a new Training Center. He continues to stay committed to providing a safe environment for these young women working so hard at a sport we all love so much.”

As previously reported, Nassar pleaded guilty to molesting 10 girls and possessing child pornography. He was sentenced to 60 years in prison for the pornography charges. on December 7. This week, more than 80 women addressed him in court and 40 more are still set to speak as he awaits sentencing on the sexual abuse charges.

Sign up now for the Us Weekly newsletter to get breaking celebrity news, hot pics and more delivered straight to your inbox!</s>EAST LANSING, Mich. – The NCAA has opened an investigation into how Michigan State handled the case against former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, according to the New York Times.

Nassar, who also worked for the university, is accused of sexually assaulting dozens of athletes. He has pleaded guilty to seven counts of criminal sexual conduct and admitted to sexually assaulting and abusing young girls under the guise of providing medical treatment.

The Times says the NCAA formally opened its investigation with a letter of inquiry sent to the school.

“The NCAA has requested information from Michigan State about any potential rules violations,” Donald M. Remy, the association’s chief legal officer, told the newspaper Tuesday.

Nassar is expected to sentenced on Wednesday.

This story is developing and will be updated as more information becomes available.
Three members of the USA Gymnastics Board of Directors resign amid criticism over their handling of sexual abuse allegations against Larry Nassar.