Top 10 things you need to know about the Larry Nassar scandal

Larry Nassar at his January sentencing hearing in Ingham County, Michigan

#1 - Larry Nassar was a master manipulator

For roughly two decades, Larry Nassar was able to get away with sexually assaulting more than 260 individuals, mostly female gymnasts. He was able to do this as a result of the fact that he was a master manipulator.

Nassar would earn the trust of his patients by doing things such as buying them souvenirs, commenting on their posts on social media, and even buying them loaves of bread. He would essentially act as a friend to them, and everyone believed he was a world-class doctor to begin with. So how could he possibly be a sexual predator?

There were those who questioned his treatments, but he convinced them, and many times their parents, that his treatments consisted of legitimate medical procedures.