The Justice Department is nearing a $100 million settlement over its initial failure to investigate Lawrence G. Nassar, the former U.S.A. Gymnastics team doctor convicted of sexually abusing girls under his care, according to sources familiar with the situation. The deal, which could be announced in the coming weeks, would bring an end to one of the last major cases stemming from a horrific sports scandal, with around 100 victims in line to receive compensation. This settlement comes two and a half years after senior F.B.I. officials publicly admitted that agents had failed to take quick action when U.S. national team athletes complained about Mr. Nassar to the bureau's Indianapolis field office in 2015.

The broad outline of the deal is in place, but it has not yet been completed, according to several people with knowledge of the talks. The settlement deal would be the latest in a series of big payouts reflecting the inability of institutions to protect hundreds of athletes, including Olympic gold medalists Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, and Aly Raisman, from a doctor who justified his serial sexual abuse by claiming he was using unconventional treatments. In 2018, Michigan State University, where Nassar worked, paid more than $500 million into a victim compensation fund, believed to be the largest settlement by a university in a sexual abuse case. Three years later, U.S.A. Gymnastics and the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee reached a $380 million settlement.

The United States government and victims of Larry Nassar are close to finalizing a deal that will resolve claims by abuse victims that the FBI failed to properly investigate allegations of wrongdoing against the doctor, according to sources familiar with the negotiations. The final dollar amount is not yet completely finalized as discussions between the parties could continue. If a settlement is reached, it will be paid out by the Justice Department to nearly 100 of Nassar's victims, including superstar Olympian Simone Biles and fellow gold medalists Aly Raisman and McKayla Maroney.

The Justice Department inspector general report released in July 2021 found that the FBI learned Nassar had been accused of molesting gymnasts in 2015 but failed to act, leaving him free to continue to target people for months. While the agents involved were either fired or retired, the Department of Justice never prosecuted anyone involved in the case. In May 2022, federal prosecutors said they would not pursue criminal charges against the agents who failed to quickly open an investigation. "He was seeing 8 to 10 patients a day, sometimes 15, and molesting little girls," John Manly, one of the attorneys representing Nassar's survivors, told "CBS Mornings" in 2022 of Nassar's actions. The victims collectively filed a lawsuit in 2022 against the FBI alleging negligence and wrongdoing.

In total, settlements concerning the disgraced former national women's gymnastics team doctor have now totaled nearly $1 billion. Michigan State University agreed to pay $500 million to more than 300 women and girls who were assaulted by him. The school was also accused of missing chances to stop Nassar. The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee in 2021 agreed to a $380 million settlement with his victims. Nassar is serving multiple prison sentences for crimes of sexual abuse and child pornography after pleading guilty to several charges throughout 2017 and 2018.