Suspect Says Larry Nassar Made Lewd Comment Before Prison Stabbing, per Report

The inmate suspected of stabbing Larry Nassar at United States Penitentiary Coleman in Sumter County, Fla., on Sunday did so after the disgraced sports doctor made a lewd comment while they were watching a Wimbledon tennis match on TV, a source told the Associated Press. 

The suspect, who has been identified as Shane McMillan, told prison workers that he attacked Nassar after he made a comment about wanting to see girls playing in the Wimbledon women’s match, a source told the AP. 

The former Michigan State and USA gymnastics doctor is serving several decades in prison for sexually assaulting female gymnasts. He was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison in 2018 after pleading guilty to 10 counts of felony criminal sexual conduct in the first degree. Seven counts came in Michigan’s Ingham County, and three came in Eaton County. He also pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography. 

McMillan allegedly stabbed Nassar in his cell with a makeshift weapon multiple times in the neck, chest and back before four other inmates rushed in and pulled him off Nassar, per the report. Correctional officers performed life-saving measures, and he was taken to the hospital with several injuries including a collapsed lung. He is in stable condition as of Wednesday. 

Prisoners are allowed to roam freely with cell doors remaining open during the day, and there’s no footage of the incident because surveillance cameras are pointed at common areas and corridors and not cells. 

McMillan was convicted of assaulting a correctional officer at a federal penitentiary in Louisiana in 2006 and attempting to stab another inmate to death at the federal supermax prison in Florence, Colo., in ’11, according to court records obtained by the AP.