Feb 02, 2018
The father of three daughters who were victims of convicted child molester Larry Nassar, lunged across the courtroom and was tackled by marshals during a hearing on Friday morning after the judge denied his request to have even "one minute alone" in the room with the perpetrator.
"I would ask you to as part of the sentencing to grant me 5 minutes in a locked room with this demon. Would you do that?" the father, Randall Margraves, asked the judge. Denied, he asked "How about one minute?" When the judge again said that was not possible, Margraves dashed towards Nassar.
Watch:
\u201cWATCH: The father of victims of ex-USA Gymnastic doctor Larry Nassar lunges at Larry Nassar in court after saying to judge, \u201cI would ask you to as part of the sentencing to grant me 5 minutes in a locked room with this demon.\u201d https://t.co/0hsKjTEOit\u201d— CBS Mornings (@CBS Mornings) 1517581241
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The father of three daughters who were victims of convicted child molester Larry Nassar, lunged across the courtroom and was tackled by marshals during a hearing on Friday morning after the judge denied his request to have even "one minute alone" in the room with the perpetrator.
"I would ask you to as part of the sentencing to grant me 5 minutes in a locked room with this demon. Would you do that?" the father, Randall Margraves, asked the judge. Denied, he asked "How about one minute?" When the judge again said that was not possible, Margraves dashed towards Nassar.
Watch:
\u201cWATCH: The father of victims of ex-USA Gymnastic doctor Larry Nassar lunges at Larry Nassar in court after saying to judge, \u201cI would ask you to as part of the sentencing to grant me 5 minutes in a locked room with this demon.\u201d https://t.co/0hsKjTEOit\u201d— CBS Mornings (@CBS Mornings) 1517581241
The father of three daughters who were victims of convicted child molester Larry Nassar, lunged across the courtroom and was tackled by marshals during a hearing on Friday morning after the judge denied his request to have even "one minute alone" in the room with the perpetrator.
"I would ask you to as part of the sentencing to grant me 5 minutes in a locked room with this demon. Would you do that?" the father, Randall Margraves, asked the judge. Denied, he asked "How about one minute?" When the judge again said that was not possible, Margraves dashed towards Nassar.
Watch:
\u201cWATCH: The father of victims of ex-USA Gymnastic doctor Larry Nassar lunges at Larry Nassar in court after saying to judge, \u201cI would ask you to as part of the sentencing to grant me 5 minutes in a locked room with this demon.\u201d https://t.co/0hsKjTEOit\u201d— CBS Mornings (@CBS Mornings) 1517581241
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