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Larry Nassar And The USA Gymnastics/MSU Sexual Assault Case

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“I Just Signed your Death Warrant”: Larry Nassar and the USA Gymnastics/MSU Sexual Assault Case Lawrence Gerard Nassar was born August 16, 1963, in Farmington Hills, Michigan. He studied to become a doctor, earning his B.S. from the University of Michigan and received his doctorate from Michigan State University. Throughout his years he had been gifted the jobs of USA Gymnastics’ national team doctor, and the osteopathic physician at his alma mater; Michigan State University. For decades this man was using a “method” that was highly inappropriate. Ex- Dr. Nassar was sexually assaulting young women and men who were coming to him as a doctor for their injuries in gymnastics. Larry Nassar was trialed in Michigan in January of 2018. Previous to …show more content…

USA Gymnastics is the governing body for the United States for gymnastics. Many of the survivors of Nassar’s acts are suing USAG because of their inefficiency to listen to the crimes and continue to let Nassar molest young females that were a part of their program. One gymnast in specific who is suing the US Olympic Committee and USA Gymnastics is Olympian, Aly Raisman. Raisman was one of the victims of Nassar’s crime and stands that the governing body dismissed all of the claims of assault. Ms. Raisman states, “‘...I refuse to wait any longer for these organizations to do the right thing. It is my hope that the legal process will hold them accountable and enable the change that is so desperately …show more content…

Michigan State is being investigated by Betsy DeVos and her department on what the university knew, and what they could’ve possibly been covering up. The New York Times states, “The lawsuits and the legislative inquiries center on what Michigan State knew about Dr. Nassar’s behavior during the two decades he worked there. Several victims have alleged that they had told Michigan State employees, as far back as the late 1990s, about being molested under the guise of treatment.” Many victims (along with the public) are outraged with the university. Due to the scandal, three employees have been dismissed at the university; former gymnastics coach Kathie Klages, former head of MSU’s sports-medicine clinic Dr. Jeffery Kovan, and former Dean of the MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine Dr. William

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