USA Gymnastics is suing nearly a dozen insurers, accusing them of refusing to pay its legal costs in more than 100 lawsuits from gymnasts who say they have been sexually abused by Larry Nassar, the Wall Street Journal reported. USA Gymnastics officials are asking Judge Robyn Moberly to force the insurers to explain the limits of each policy and clarify what defense costs are covered. Lawyers for the Indiana-based sports organization said that it has been hurt by some insurers’ “refusal to confirm coverage and satisfy their duty to defend,” according to a 13-page lawsuit filed on Friday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Indianapolis. The embattled organization filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in December, facing law-enforcement investigations and lawsuits filed by more than 300 women and girls, including former Olympic gymnasts. They said the organization failed to protect them from Nassar, the U.S. national team’s longtime doctor. Nassar pleaded guilty in 2017 to state sexual-abuse charges and federal child-pornography counts and is serving an effective life sentence in federal prison. He volunteered with USA Gymnastics for three decades, in addition to his work at Michigan State University, until he was fired in 2016. Victims have cited instances of Nassar’s abuse as early as the mid-1990s.
