A Michigan doctor accused of sexually abusing gymnasts has been hit with a new lawsuit by 18 women and girls who say they were molested by him, mostly at his clinic at Michigan State University.

The lawsuit against Dr Larry Nassar was filed on Tuesday in federal court in western Michigan. It also names Michigan State and USA Gymnastics. Nassar was affiliated with the group.

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One former gymnast says she was sexually assaulted by Nassar in 2000 when she was 15.

“We intend to show and prove that the young women we represent were betrayed not only by a doctor that used his reputation and position of trust to commit sexual abuse and assaults upon their bodies for his own gratification,” says Stephen Drew, one of the attorneys in the case, “but that the institutions and those in them with a responsibility to protect those children and young women failed to do so.”

Nassar, 53, now faces at least five lawsuits. Through lawyers, he’s denied the allegations. He’s also charged with possessing child pornography and sexually assaulting a girl at his Lansing-area home. Nassar is in jail without bond.