Gymnasts File $1 Billion in Claims Against FBI for Mishandling of Larry Nassar Investigation

Gymnasts, including Simone Biles, and other women filed claims against the FBI seeking $1 billion over the handling of the Larry Nassar sexual-abuse case

WASHINGTON—More than 90 women and girls, including the star gymnasts who raised concerns about Larry Nassar in 2015 that were disregarded by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, filed administrative tort claims against the agency on Wednesday collectively seeking $1 billion.

The claimants include Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, Maggie Nichols and Aly Raisman, the elite gymnasts who were first identified in the summer of 2015 as having been sexually abused by the then-doctor to the national women’s gymnastics team under the guise of medical treatment.

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