Four years ago, Larry Nassar was sentenced to 40 to 125 years in prison, following a three-week trial, for sexually assaulting a litany of underaged female gymnasts, while he was a doctor at Michigan State University.  Now that Nassar is behind bars for his transgressions, his former victims have now set their sights on bringing the FBI to justice. The attorneys who represent Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, and about 90 other gymnasts, aim to file a lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to the tune of $1 billion or more. The reason behind their forthcoming civil action is because they are alleging that the FBI should have impeded Nassar's actions much more promptly in order to prevent his number of victims from growing. 

"My fellow survivors and I were betrayed by every institution that was supposed to protect us -- the U.S. Olympic Committee, USA Gymnastics, the FBI, and now the Department of Justice," Makayla Maroney said in a statement. "I had some hope that they would keep their word and hold the FBI accountable after we poured out our hearts to the US Senate Judiciary Committee and begged for justice. It is clear that the only path to justice and healing is through the legal process."

Last year, Simone Biles appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee and gave a touching testimony in front of lawmakers, in order to help them ascertain the way in which the FBI handled its investigation of Larry Nassar.

"My name is Simone Biles and I am a gymnast who has trained at the levels of this sport...I am also a survivor of sexual abuse and I believe without a doubt that the circumstances that led to my abuse and allowed it to continue are directly the result of the fact that the organizations created by Congress to oversee and protect me as an athlete, USA Gymnastics and the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee, failed to do their jobs."

Now, it appears as though the fight for justice has come full circle. The survivor's new lawsuit comes on the heels of a $380 million settlement (with the USA Olympic Committee and USA Gymnastics) that was awarded to Biles and a large number of Nassar's other victims back in December. With the FBI squarely in the sights, the soon-to-be defendants have yet to issue a public response.

For more on this story, stay tuned.

 Source: TMZ