Ex-MSU and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar wants to be resentenced on sexual assault charges in Ingham County and for Judge Aquilina, who sentenced him to 40 to 175 years in Ingham County, to be disqualified from his case.
Nassar, who is currently in a federal prison Tuscon, Arizona, filed two motions on Tuesday in Ingham County Circuit Court. The first motion is to have a resentencing, as he argues that his sentencing was invalid. The second motion is to have Aquilina disqualified and to have a new judge resentence him.
According to the appeal, Nassar's attorneys claim that Aquilina made several statements throughout Nassar's proceedings that indicated she had already decided to give him the maximum sentence.
The attorneys also said in the motion that Aquilina openly said she could not impose cruel and unusual punishment, indicated her expectation was he would be harmed in prison and "finally proclaimed, with apparent relish, that she was signing his 'death warrant.'"
Nassar pleaded guilty to seven counts of criminal sexual conduct and was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in Ingham County, pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and was sentenced to 40 to 125 years in Eaton County and was sentenced to 60 years on child pornography charges.
More than 300 women have come forward as survivors of Nassar's sexual abuse.
As of late June, Nassar also faces six additional charges of sexual assault at a Texas gymnastics training center.
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