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MI - Former US Gymnastics Doctor Larry Nassar Charged With CSA *Guilty*
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Opening statements Tuesday in trial of ex-MSU gymnastics coach Klages
Lansing — Opening statements are scheduled Tuesday in the trial of Kathie Klages, a former Michigan State University gymnastics coach who's accused of lying to police about what she knew about the crimes of sex abuser Larry Nassar.
Klages' trial got underway Monday with the seating of a jury in Ingham County Circuit Court. She could be sentenced to as much as four years in prison if she's convicted of lying to David Dwyre, an investigator with the Michigan Attorney General's Office, about whether she had knowledge of Nassar’s sexual assaults before 2016...
Lansing — Opening statements are scheduled Tuesday in the trial of Kathie Klages, a former Michigan State University gymnastics coach who's accused of lying to police about what she knew about the crimes of sex abuser Larry Nassar.
Klages' trial got underway Monday with the seating of a jury in Ingham County Circuit Court. She could be sentenced to as much as four years in prison if she's convicted of lying to David Dwyre, an investigator with the Michigan Attorney General's Office, about whether she had knowledge of Nassar’s sexual assaults before 2016...
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Ex-MSU coach Kathie Klages found guilty of lying in Larry Nassar scandal, misconduct in office
INGHAM COUNTY, Mich. – A jury found a former Michigan State University gymnastics coach guilty of lying to a peace officer and misconduct in office.
Kathie Klages faced a judge Friday to make her case in Lansing. She was accused of lying to Michigan State police detectives about alleged knowledge prior to 2016 of Larry Nassar’s sexual misconduct...
INGHAM COUNTY, Mich. – A jury found a former Michigan State University gymnastics coach guilty of lying to a peace officer and misconduct in office.
Kathie Klages faced a judge Friday to make her case in Lansing. She was accused of lying to Michigan State police detectives about alleged knowledge prior to 2016 of Larry Nassar’s sexual misconduct...
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Klages guilty of lying to investigators about Nassar abuse
Lansing — Former Michigan State University gymnastics coach Kathie Klages was convicted Friday on felony and misdemeanor counts of lying to investigators about what she knew about Larry Nassar's sexual abuse and when she knew it.
The verdict was announced late Friday afternoon in Ingham County Circuit Court, after Klages testified that she first learned of Nassar's sexual abuse when a newspaper report was published in 2016. Klages could be sentenced to up to four years in prison on the felony count.
Klages said she was in an MSU gymnasium when someone from the university's sports information department walked in during a practice and informed her and her collegiate the gymnasts about the story in the Indianapolis Star...
Lansing — Former Michigan State University gymnastics coach Kathie Klages was convicted Friday on felony and misdemeanor counts of lying to investigators about what she knew about Larry Nassar's sexual abuse and when she knew it.
The verdict was announced late Friday afternoon in Ingham County Circuit Court, after Klages testified that she first learned of Nassar's sexual abuse when a newspaper report was published in 2016. Klages could be sentenced to up to four years in prison on the felony count.
Klages said she was in an MSU gymnasium when someone from the university's sports information department walked in during a practice and informed her and her collegiate the gymnasts about the story in the Indianapolis Star...
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Good. Next up: Geddert.
May every filthy pig that enabled that horrid human being rot, as well.
May every filthy pig that enabled that horrid human being rot, as well.
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Athletes criticize USA Gymnastics’ proposed Nassar settlement
Athletes are blasting USA Gymnastics for the recent proposed settlement in the Larry Nassar scandal.
USAG is offering as much as $1.2 million to survivors, but in return they would be required to release the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, former USAG CEO Steve Penny, and former national team directors, Bela and Martha Karolyi, from all claims...
Athletes are blasting USA Gymnastics for the recent proposed settlement in the Larry Nassar scandal.
USAG is offering as much as $1.2 million to survivors, but in return they would be required to release the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, former USAG CEO Steve Penny, and former national team directors, Bela and Martha Karolyi, from all claims...
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Aly Raisman blasts USA Gymnastics over settlement offer for Nassar victims
The Olympic gold medalist says USA Gymnastics is engaging in "a cover-up" and called proposed settlement absolving officials of liability "offensive."
The Olympic gold medalist says USA Gymnastics is engaging in "a cover-up" and called proposed settlement absolving officials of liability "offensive."
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Larry Nassar victims demand DOJ release report on FBI handling of case
Five years after the first report of abuse by Larry Nassar was referred to the FBI, victims still wait for answers on why it took so long to arrest him.
More than 120 victims of sex abuse by Larry Nassar called for the Justice Department on Wednesday to release its inspector general's report into the FBI's handling of the USA Gymnastics sexual abuse scandal.
Their demand, sent in a letter to the Justice Department's Office of Inspector General, the FBI and ranking members of Congress, comes on the fifth anniversary of the day a gymnast’s alleged abuse was first reported to USA Gymnastics and two years after the inspector general's investigation into the FBI inquiry was opened.
Questions remain about institutional failures at the FBI that enabled Larry Nassar, the doctor for the U.S. national gymnastics team, to abuse dozens of additional victims in the year and a half between the FBI's first learning of allegations against him in 2015 and his arrest. USA Gymnastics is the governing body of the national team...
Five years after the first report of abuse by Larry Nassar was referred to the FBI, victims still wait for answers on why it took so long to arrest him.
More than 120 victims of sex abuse by Larry Nassar called for the Justice Department on Wednesday to release its inspector general's report into the FBI's handling of the USA Gymnastics sexual abuse scandal.
Their demand, sent in a letter to the Justice Department's Office of Inspector General, the FBI and ranking members of Congress, comes on the fifth anniversary of the day a gymnast’s alleged abuse was first reported to USA Gymnastics and two years after the inspector general's investigation into the FBI inquiry was opened.
Questions remain about institutional failures at the FBI that enabled Larry Nassar, the doctor for the U.S. national gymnastics team, to abuse dozens of additional victims in the year and a half between the FBI's first learning of allegations against him in 2015 and his arrest. USA Gymnastics is the governing body of the national team...
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I just saw Maggie Nichols Instagram promoting this Netflix doc available now called “Athlete A”, thought I’d bring it here:
Larry Nassar Survivor Maggie Nichols Says She Shared Her Story in Netflix Doc 'to Help Others'
Former OU gymnast Maggie Nichols is the title character in “Athlete A,” a Netflix documentary.
Nichols was the first athlete to report the sexual abuse of Larry Nassar, longtime USA Gymnatics team doctor.
Larry Nassar Survivor Maggie Nichols Says She Shared Her Story in Netflix Doc 'to Help Others'
Former OU gymnast Maggie Nichols is the title character in “Athlete A,” a Netflix documentary.
Nichols was the first athlete to report the sexual abuse of Larry Nassar, longtime USA Gymnatics team doctor.
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If y0u haven't seen Athlete A on Netflix yet, you should. It's absolutely heartbreaking but so well written.
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I watched Athlete A last night. What an excellent film. It was obvious to me that Steve Penny, head of USA Gymnastics at the time, strung Maggie Nichols' parents along. He was more interested in image and marketing of USA Gymnastics. And it was so heartbreaking when they denied Maggie a spot on the Olympic team, but I'm glad she found great success in NCAA gymnastics.
I came across a video that shows powerful moments from Larry Nassar's 7-day sentencing hearing. Damn:
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Former MSU gymnastics coach Klages gets 90-day sentence, probation
Lansing — Six months after being convicted of lying to police about what she knew about Larry Nassar's sexual abuse and when, an Ingham County Circuit judge on Tuesday handed Kathie Klages 90 days in jail and 18 months of probation.
Judge Joyce Draganchuk gave Klages,the former headgymnastics coach at Michigan State University the jail sentence, minus one day, though her lawyers argued that Klages was at risk of contracting COVID-19 due to her age and other risk factors. Draganchuk also denied a request by her lawyers to stay the sentence, pending an appeal. So Klages was taken into custody after the hearing...
Lansing — Six months after being convicted of lying to police about what she knew about Larry Nassar's sexual abuse and when, an Ingham County Circuit judge on Tuesday handed Kathie Klages 90 days in jail and 18 months of probation.
Judge Joyce Draganchuk gave Klages,the former headgymnastics coach at Michigan State University the jail sentence, minus one day, though her lawyers argued that Klages was at risk of contracting COVID-19 due to her age and other risk factors. Draganchuk also denied a request by her lawyers to stay the sentence, pending an appeal. So Klages was taken into custody after the hearing...
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90 days seems so unjust given the nature of the cover up. I guess a guilty sentence is better than giving her a pass though
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The fallout of events in 'Athlete A' continues to impact MSU
Michigan State University’s four presidents in the span of two years, three criminal trials and two convictions in a stonewalled state investigation and a record $4.5 million fine from the U.S Department of Education were all catalyzed by the subject of a recently-released Netflix documentary.
Just this summer, Ex-President Lou Anna K. Simon had criminal charges dismissed and then appealed July 20, which center around her alleged knowledge about the substance and the nature of Nassar’s abuse spanning decades.
Also this summer, Paulette Granberry Russell left her post as a senior diversity advisor after 25 years at MSU, only to rescind her offer of employment at California Polytechnic because thousands signed a petition criticizing her role as MSU Title IX coordinator.
Simon resigned shortly after the events shown in the film after a buildup of community pressure. She was later originally charged with two counts of lying to a peace officer in a violent crime investigation and two counts of lying to a peace officer in a four-year or more crime investigation.
Simon officially resigned from her position as university president on Jan. 24, 2018, following Nassar's sentencing and was officially charged in November 2018. After her preliminary hearing, Judge Julie Reincke ordered Simon's case to trial in October 2019.
An Eaton County judge dismissed Simon's case May 13, 2020 because of insufficient evidence Simon knew Nassar’s name in 2014 in addition to the “substance and nature” of the allegations against him.
Ex-MSU Dean William Strampel was found guilty of misconduct in office and two counts of willful neglect in his role of Nassar's boss June 12, 2019. He was sentenced to one year in Ingham County Jail in August 2019, but was released on good behavior March 19, 2020.
He was found not guilty of second-degree criminal sexual conduct.
The federal report in September 2019, which levied a $4.5 million fine against MSU found then-provost June Youatt at fault for dismissing complaints against Strampel, which led her to resign in the same month.
On Feb. 14, 2020, former MSU gymnastics coach Kathie Klages was found guilty of lying to the police. She was originally charged with two counts of lying to a peace officer, one of which is a felony and one a high court misdemeanor.
Klages failed to report Nassar's sexual assault after Larissa Boyce reported it to her in 1997, when Boyce was involved in the Spartan Youth Gymnastics program.
Michigan State University’s four presidents in the span of two years, three criminal trials and two convictions in a stonewalled state investigation and a record $4.5 million fine from the U.S Department of Education were all catalyzed by the subject of a recently-released Netflix documentary.
Just this summer, Ex-President Lou Anna K. Simon had criminal charges dismissed and then appealed July 20, which center around her alleged knowledge about the substance and the nature of Nassar’s abuse spanning decades.
Also this summer, Paulette Granberry Russell left her post as a senior diversity advisor after 25 years at MSU, only to rescind her offer of employment at California Polytechnic because thousands signed a petition criticizing her role as MSU Title IX coordinator.
Simon resigned shortly after the events shown in the film after a buildup of community pressure. She was later originally charged with two counts of lying to a peace officer in a violent crime investigation and two counts of lying to a peace officer in a four-year or more crime investigation.
Simon officially resigned from her position as university president on Jan. 24, 2018, following Nassar's sentencing and was officially charged in November 2018. After her preliminary hearing, Judge Julie Reincke ordered Simon's case to trial in October 2019.
An Eaton County judge dismissed Simon's case May 13, 2020 because of insufficient evidence Simon knew Nassar’s name in 2014 in addition to the “substance and nature” of the allegations against him.
Ex-MSU Dean William Strampel was found guilty of misconduct in office and two counts of willful neglect in his role of Nassar's boss June 12, 2019. He was sentenced to one year in Ingham County Jail in August 2019, but was released on good behavior March 19, 2020.
He was found not guilty of second-degree criminal sexual conduct.
The federal report in September 2019, which levied a $4.5 million fine against MSU found then-provost June Youatt at fault for dismissing complaints against Strampel, which led her to resign in the same month.
On Feb. 14, 2020, former MSU gymnastics coach Kathie Klages was found guilty of lying to the police. She was originally charged with two counts of lying to a peace officer, one of which is a felony and one a high court misdemeanor.
Klages failed to report Nassar's sexual assault after Larissa Boyce reported it to her in 1997, when Boyce was involved in the Spartan Youth Gymnastics program.
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Agreed. At the very least, she should be sentenced to one day in prison for every day she covered up for him.
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I’ve been listening to a podcast called Believed, which is very well done imo. Haven’t watched Athlete A yet but definitely will.
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I will check that podcast out!
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State asks court to reinstate charges against Lou Anna Simon
Former Michigan State University President Lou Anna Simon should be judged by a jury of her peers rather than a single judge reviewing transcripts and briefs, state appellate attorneys argued in a brief filed Monday.
The Michigan Solicitor General's Office argued Eaton County Circuit Court Judge John Maurer "unduly enlarged" his review of a lower court's decision that ordered Simon to face trial on four counts of lying to police.
Simon was charged with lying to investigators about her knowledge of a 2014 complaint about former MSU sports medicine doctor Larry Nassar, who sexually abused hundreds of women and young girls under the guise of medical treatment.
Former Michigan State University President Lou Anna Simon should be judged by a jury of her peers rather than a single judge reviewing transcripts and briefs, state appellate attorneys argued in a brief filed Monday.
The Michigan Solicitor General's Office argued Eaton County Circuit Court Judge John Maurer "unduly enlarged" his review of a lower court's decision that ordered Simon to face trial on four counts of lying to police.
Simon was charged with lying to investigators about her knowledge of a 2014 complaint about former MSU sports medicine doctor Larry Nassar, who sexually abused hundreds of women and young girls under the guise of medical treatment.