text: CLOSE Since September, at least 95 women and girls have said former MSU doctor Larry Nassar sexually assaulted them as early as 1992. At least seven women now say they raised concerns about Nassar starting in the late 1990. Matt Mencarini/Lansing State Journal 
   
   The mediation period in the lawsuits related to Larry Nassar could be extended by 30 days. (Photo: LSJ file photo) 
   
   LANSING - Attorneys are seeking to extend the mediation phase in the federal lawsuits filed over alleged sexual assaults by Larry Nassar. 
   
   In September, eight lawsuit that name Michigan State University, USA Gymnastics and others as defendants entered a 90-day mediation phase during which a settlement could be reached. 
   
   To date, at least 140 women and girls have filed lawsuits related to Nassar's reported sexual assaults and at least 120 have reported him to police. 
   
   Nearly all of the lawsuits name MSU or its current or former employees as defendants. As of Oct. 3, the university's outside law firms have billed it for $4.1 million, a figure that will grow significantly as it does not include work performed by its most expensive law firm after June. 
   
   On Tuesday, attorneys representing the women and girls and all the defendants with the exception of USA Gymnastics filed a stipulation and proposed order to extend the mediation by 30 days, to Dec. 6. 
   
   "Plaintiffs and the MSU Defendants have sought the concurrence of defendant USA Gymnastics for this stipulation, and it has not yet provided its position," attorneys wrote in the motion filed in federal court in Grand Rapids. 
   
   A message was left seeking comment from USA Gymnastics. 
   
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   The mediator for the lawsuits, Jon Muth, wrote to the judge that the parties have "significant work" to do if they're going to reach a resolution, but that "substantial progress" has been made, according to court records. 
   
   Nassar worked for decades as a doctor at MSU and with USA Gymnastics. Last year, following a story in the Indianapolis Star, dozens of women and girls began to report sexual assaults by Nassar during medical appointments, some dating back decades. 
   
   MSU fired Nassar shortly after the Indy Star story. He left USA Gymnastics in fall 2015 with little notice. 
   
   Nassar faces 22 sexual assault charges in state courts, all but three relate to his role as a doctor. In December, he will be sentenced on three federal child pornography charges. 
   
   Rising legal fees 
   
   MSU is paying five law firms for work related to the Nassar lawsuits, including one that the university has said is handling the "insurance aspects." 
   
   That law firm, Latham & Watkins, has billed MSU for $754,853 since June. Its invoices include one for $264,186 sent in September for 337 hours performed in August. 
   
   The law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is the university's most expensive. It charges $990 an hour each for three different attorneys, plus hourly rates between $470 and $565 for four others. 
   
   In September, the law firm sent MSU two invoices, each for more than $450,000, for work performed in May and June. In all, it has billed MSU for more than $2.7 million. 
   
   As of Oct. 3, MSU's outside law firms have billed it for 6,812 hours worked and $4,174,361, according to university records. 
   
   Here’s a timeline of Nassar’s decades-long career and the allegations against him. This will continue to be updated. 
   
   Here's a map of key people and connections in the Nassar cases. This will continue to be updated. 
   
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   Read or Share this story: http://on.lsj.com/2AiIKN9 ||||| CLOSE Aly Raisman said she, too, was sexually abused by USA Gymnastics’ longtime team physician Larry Nassar. USA TODAY Sports 
   
   Aly Raisman says she, too, was abused by USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar. (Photo: Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY Sports) 
   
   A second member of the Fierce Five squad that won gold at the London Olympics has said she, too, was sexually abused by USA Gymnastics’ longtime team physician. 
   
   Aly Raisman confirmed the abuse in an interview with 60 Minutes, which is to air Sunday night. The three-time gold medalist and captain of the 2012 and 2016 Olympic teams also describes it in her book, Fierce, being released next week. 
   
   “I am angry. I'm really upset,” Raisman told 60 Minutes. “I see these young girls that come up to me, and they ask for pictures or autographs, whatever it is … I just want to create change so that they never, ever have to go through this.” 
   
   Raisman’s revelation comes a month after fellow Fierce Fiver McKayla Maroney came forward to say she was abused by Larry Nassar for several years, beginning when she was 13. A third Olympian, Sydney bronze medalist Jamie Dantzscher, has also said she was abused by Nassar. 
   
   According to the Lansing State Journal, which is part of the USA TODAY Network, more than 140 women have alleged sexual abuse by Nassar, under the guise of medical treatment. 
   
   Nassar was the USA Gymnastics’ team physician for nearly 20 years, beginning in 1996. He was fired by USA Gymnastics in the summer of 2015, but the federation waited five weeks before alerting the FBI. Raisman told 60 Minutes that she met with the FBI after the Rio Olympics, where she won a second team gold as well as silver medals in the all-around and floor exercise. 
   
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   Raisman has been openly critical of the way USA Gymnastics has handled complaints against Nassar as well as other allegations of sexual abuse. The Indianapolis Star, also part of the USA TODAY Network, has reported more than 360 cases in which gymnasts have accused coaches of sexual transgressions over 20 years. 
   
   “It doesn’t matter if you’re the Olympic champion or you’re an 8-year-old that goes to gymnastics in Ohio, or wherever you are in the United States,” Raisman said in a joint interview with USA TODAY Sports and The Associated Press in August, when she and her Final Five teammates from Rio were inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame. 
   
   “Every single kid is important, and I want USA Gymnastics to do a better job with that.” 
   
   Raisman declined to detail her interactions with Nassar during the August interview, saying she wanted to keep the focus on the scandal and its overall impact. 
   
   “It's important to speak up for something and it's right. It's the right thing,” she said. “More people need to talk about it and I just feel that it's not getting enough attention in the sport. That's what bothers me. I want these young girls to know. It should have never ever happened and I think that needs to be discussed more.” 
   
   Last month, Maroney came forward in a Twitter post, saying Nassar abused her under the guise of medical treatment. Nassar abused her until she left the sport, Maroney wrote, adding, "It seemed whenever and wherever this man could find the chance, I was 'treated.'" 
   
   Maroney said Nassar abused her before the U.S. team won gold in the 2012 Olympics and before she won silver on vault. 
   
   At the 2011 world championships, Maroney said Nassar gave her a sleeping pill "and the next thing I know I was all alone with him in his hotel room getting a 'treatment.' I thought I was going to die that night." She was 15 at the time. 
   
   Maroney shared her account in October with the #MeToo hashtag. 
   
   "People should know that this is not just happening in Hollywood," Maroney wrote. "This is happening everywhere. Wherever there is a position of power, there seems to be potential for abuse. I had a dream to go to the Olympics, and the things that I had to endure to get there were unnecessary and disgusting."' 
   
   Nassar pleaded guilty to federal child pornography charges in July, and he faces 22 to 27 years in prison when he’s sentenced on Dec. 7. He also faces 33 charges of criminal sexual conduct in Michigan. 
   
   The sex abuse scandal led to the ouster of USA Gymnastics CEO Steve Penny, who resigned in March under pressure from the U.S. Olympic Committee. USA Gymnastics announced this week that Kerry Perry, formerly the vice president of business development at Learfield Communications, would start as CEO on Dec. 1. 
   
   USA Gymnastics hired former federal prosecutor Deborah Daniels to review its practices, and her report found USA Gymnastics needed a “complete cultural change” so safety and well-being of athletes was a greater priority than world and Olympic medals. 
   
   USA Gymnastics has adopted all 70 recommendations made by Daniels and is in the process of implementing them. Some have already been addressed with the opening of the U.S. Center for Safe Sport, an independent agency created by the USOC to handle sexual misconduct cases in the Olympic movement. 
   
   In a statement, USA Gymnastics said it was "appalled by the conduct of which Larry Nassar is accused, and we are very sorry that any athlete has been harmed during her or his gymnastics career." 
   
   "Aly’s passion and concern for athlete safety is shared by USA Gymnastics," the statement said. "We are committed to doing what is right, and we want to work with Aly and all interested athletes to keep athletes safe." 
   
   PHOTOS: Every medal won by U.S. athletes in Rio ||||| Aly Raisman, a six-time Olympic medalist and two-time national team captain, said she was sexually abused by former Michigan State and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, according to CBS' "60 Minutes." 
   
   Nassar already faces 22 counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and could receive a sentence of life in prison. 
   
   Raisman told "60 Minutes," in an interview scheduled to air Sunday, that she spoke to FBI investigators after serving as national team captain at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. In the interview, Raisman said she didn't know why it took so long for allegations against Nassar to come forward. 
   
   Gymnast Aly Raisman won three Olympic gold medals -- and six medals overall -- while serving as national team captain at the 2012 Games in London and 2016 Games in Rio. Jean Catuffe/Getty Images 
   
   "Why are we looking at why didn't the girls speak up? Why not look at what about the culture?" she said. "What did USA Gymnastics do, and Larry Nassar do, to manipulate these girls so much that they are so afraid to speak up?" 
   
   Now 23, Raisman told "60 Minutes" that she started seeing Nassar when she was 15. She details the abuse in her book "Fierce," which will be released on Nov. 14. 
   
   USA Gymnastics said in a statement Friday that Raisman sharing her personal experience took "great courage" and it is "appalled by the conduct of which Larry Nassar is accused." 
   
   Raisman, who was also captain of the team for the 2012 Games in London, is the second member of the "Fierce Five" U.S. women's gymnastics team -- and third Olympian overall -- to allege abuses by Nassar. Just last month, Raisman offered her support to McKayla Maroney after she alleged abuse by Nassar dating back to 2009, when she was just 13. 
   
   Nassar was involved with USA Gymnastics for nearly three decades as a trainer and national medical coordinator, a role that led him to treat the country's elite gymnasts at four separate Olympic Games. 
   
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   During the 2017 national championships in August, Raisman declined to get into specifics about whether she was abused by Nassar, but she painted a vivid picture of how Nassar's behavior went unchecked. 
   
   "I think that, you just want, you want to trust people and that he was just a disgusting person, he took advantage of so many people's trust," Raisman told The Associated Press and USA Today Sports. "And I think, it just disgusts me he was a doctor. It's crazy. Because when a doctor says something you want to believe him and it's just awful." 
   
   USA Gymnastics, in a statement to "60 Minutes," said it was "very sorry that any athlete has been harmed" and that "we want to work with Aly and all interested athletes to keep athletes safe." 
   
   More than 140 women are now suing Nassar and his former employer, Michigan State University. The plaintiffs are also suing USA Gymnastics and other defendants. Attorneys for the alleged victims, USA Gymnastics, the school and other parties to the lawsuit are engaged in court-ordered mediation in an effort to reach a settlement. Attorneys have said that more women are expected to join the lawsuits. 
   
   It is not known whether Raisman or Maroney are part of those lawsuits. 
   
   Nassar has already pleaded guilty to federal child pornography charges and is in jail, awaiting a Dec. 7 sentencing in that case. 
   
   He also faces charges in state court in Michigan, largely related to allegations that he digitally penetrated women during medical exams for his own sexual gratification. If convicted on any one of the 22 counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, Nassar could be sentenced to life in prison. 
   
   In the past, Nassar and his attorneys have defended the intra-vaginal and intra-rectal procedures as accepted medical practice. 
   
   Nassar was a trainer with USA Gymnastics as far back as 1986. In 1996, he was named national medical coordinator, a position he held until the summer of 2015. Nassar resigned his position from USA Gymnastics shortly after concerns were raised about his behavior during medical exams. 
   
   USA Gymnastics never informed Nassar's employer at the time, Michigan State University, about the circumstances surrounding Nassar's resignation, and he continued to treat patients in Michigan until he was fired by the school in September 2016. 
   
   Raisman has called for change within the sport. 
   
   "I am angry," Raisman told "60 Minutes." "I'm really upset because it's been -- I care a lot, you know, when I see these young girls that come up to me, and they ask for pictures or autographs, whatever it is, I just ... I can't ... every time I look at them, every time I see them smiling, I just think ... I just want to create change so that they never, ever have to go through this." 
   
   Raisman has also called for sweeping changes in leadership, including the removal of the chairman of the board, Paul Parilla. USA Gymnastics hired Kerry Perry as its new president and CEO on Tuesday after president Steve Penny resigned in March after 12 years on the job. 
   
   Raisman and Maroney are the highest-profile gymnasts yet to come forward publicly claiming abuse by Nassar. Jamie Dantzscher, a bronze medalist on the 2000 U.S. Olympic team, was part of the initial wave of lawsuits filed against Nassar in 2016. 
   
   The list of Nassar's accusers also includes several former national team members. Jeanette Antolin, Jessica Howard and Kami MacKay have all come forward, alleging abuse by Nassar either through the filing of lawsuits or, in the case of MacKay, on social media. 
   
   USA Gymnastics launched an independent review of its policies in the wake of the allegations against Nassar in the summer of 2016, following reporting by the Indianapolis Star that highlighted chronic mishandling of abuse allegations against coaches and staff at some of its more than 3,500 clubs across the country. 
   
   In June, the federation immediately adopted 70 recommendations proffered by Deborah Daniels, a former federal prosecutor who oversaw the review. The new guidelines require member gyms to go to authorities immediately, with Daniels suggesting USA Gymnastics consider withholding membership from clubs that decline to do so. The organization also named Toby Stark, a child welfare advocate, as its director of SafeSport. Part of Stark's mandate is educating members on rules, educational programs, reporting and adjudication services. 
   
   ESPN's John Barr and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
target: – Another Olympic gold-medal gymnast has joined former teammate McKayla Maroney in the #MeToo movement, alleging in a 60 Minutes interview to air Sunday that USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar also sexually abused her, USA Today reports. Per ESPN, Aly Raisman, who's now 23, started seeing Nassar when she was 15. Raisman, who says she's "angry" and "really upset" about what happened to her and others, originally addressed in August the many accusations against Nassar, but at the time she didn't get into her own history with Nassar. She said then that she preferred to shine the spotlight on the overall scandal and to get more people "to talk about it." Per the Lansing State Journal, more than 140 women and girls have filed suits related to his alleged sexual misconduct, with nearly as many reporting him to the cops. Now, however, Raisman is talking about her own experience, telling 60 Minutes: "I just want to create change" so other young girls "never, ever have to go through this." She says she met with the FBI after the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Nassar, who was USA Gymnastics' team doctor for almost two decades, was fired in 2015 and is facing nearly two dozen sexual assault charges against him; he's also set to be sentenced next month on three federal child pornography charges. The multiple lawsuits involving accusations against Nassar name as defendants USA Gymnastics, Michigan State University (where he worked as a doctor for decades), and Nassar himself, among others. Via a statement to 60 Minutes, USA Gymnastics said it was "very sorry that any athlete has been harmed" and that "we want to work with Aly and all interested athletes to keep athletes safe."