Michigan State University is facing an investigation by the U.S. Department of Education for its handling of the Larry Nassar sex-abuse scandal.
Nassar, who worked at Michigan State as a medical doctor, was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison for molesting young girls and women including Team USA athletes under the guise of medical treatment.
Many of the victims accused the university of mishandling past complaints about Nassar.
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Nassar was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison for molesting young girls and women including Team USA athletes under the guise of medical treatment
The disgraced doctor was employed by Michigan State University, which has been accused of mishandling complaints against him
Now it is facing investigation for failing to comply with the Clery Act, a federal law requiring colleges and universities receiving federal financial aid to report campus crime statistics and provide a timely warning when concerns arise, Buzzfeed reported.
Federal investigators will review what MSU ‘did with every single complaint about Nassar,’ as well as how ‘campus police handled crime reports dating back to 2011, and how the university worked with USA Gymnastics to protect athletes’.
News of the investigation comes after university President Lou Ann Simon announced her resignation in the fallout over the Nassar scandal.
Multiple members of the Michigan State University Board and an overwhelming amount of state representatives from the Michigan House approved a resolution demanding that Lou Anna Simon resign as president of the school in a 96 – 11 vote.
Uuniversity President Lou Ann Simon announced her resignation in the fallout over the Nassar scandal
There had also resignation calls from other high-ranking Democrats and Republicans in the legislature, the editorial board at the college’s newspaper and most of the 156 women who shared their victim impact statements.
In her resignation letter she said: ‘‘The last year and a half has been very difficult for the victims of Larry Nassar, for the university community, and for me personally.
‘To the survivors, I can never say enough that I am so sorry that a trusted, renowned physician was really such an evil, evil person who inflicted such harm under the guise of medical treatment. I know that we all share the same resolve to do whatever it takes to avert such tragedies here and elsewhere. ‘
Lindsey Lemke was among the 150 women who confronted their abuser, disgraced team doctor Larry Nassar, in a Michigan courtroom during his sentencing.
Lindsey Lemke confronted Nassar in court and also accused Simon of cowardice over the scandal
She then addressed more of Nassar’s enablers, delivering an impassioned indictment of the doctor’s friends and employers, then said to Simon: ‘Guess what? You’re a coward, too.’
Lemke also made her opinion of Simon clear one day prior when she tweeted: ‘Lou Anna Simon told me today that she had no idea who the victims were & their names until today being at court.
‘She was there for the last half of the day to see around 10 (maybe) statements. You don’t even know the magnitude of people this has reached. You are not a president.’
Nassar’s clinic on the university campus was decorated with signed photos of Olympic stars, bolstering his credentials to star-struck athletes and their families.
He counted on his charm and reputation to deflect any questions and was so brazen that he sometimes molested patients in front of their parents, shielding the young girls with his body or a sheet.
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