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WATCH: Father Of 3 Abused Gymnasts Asks For ‘1 Minute Alone’ With Nassar, Lunges At Him In The Courtroom

Hank Berrien

On Friday morning, Randall Margraves, whose three daughters were allegedly sexually assaulted by former USA Gymnastics national team osteopathic physician Larry Nassar, stood facing Nassar in the Michigan courtroom. Margarves, whose daughters Lauren and Madison Rae had just finished speaking, plaintively asked the judge if he could have five minutes alone with the “demon” in a locked room. When the judge refused, saying, “You know I can’t do that,” Margraves hurled himself toward Nassar, prompting security officers to restrain him as Margraves cried out, “Let me at that son-of-a-b****!”

The incident began as Margraves, with two of his daughters standing behind him, asked the judge, “I would ask you to, as part of this sentencing, to grant me five minutes in a locked room with this demon. Would you do that?”

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