Judge uses Nassar's letter to question his sincerity

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The sentencing of former sports doctor Larry Nassar concluded in dramatic fashion Tuesday when he apologized to victims only to see a skeptical judge question his sincerity — by reading excerpts from a letter he had recently written to her.

Nassar gave a short statement in which he turned toward the women and girls, some of whom were weeping. "There are no words to describe ... how sorry I am," he said.

Ingham County Circuit Judge Rosemarie Aquilina was unimpressed, and read portions from his letter, which she had initially criticized him for last week.

"The media convinced them that everything I did was wrong and bad," he wrote, according to the judge. "They feel I broke their trust.