SPARTANS FIGHT TO
RESTORE HONOR
SINCE LAST FALL, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY AND ITS LEGAL
department have been reeling from one of the largest sexual
abuse scandals in modern history. Beyond the harm to victims, the fallout caused by the perpetrator, longtime MSU
sports doctor Larry Nassar, reached administrators, coaches,
faculty and lawyers who failed to protect hundreds of young
women athletes.
Nassar was eventually convicted and sentenced to more
than a lifetime in a high security prison in Tucson, Arizona. In
mid-May the university agreed to pay $500 million to settle
lawsuits filed by 332 Nassar victims. It is believed to be the
largest university lawsuit settlement in history.
BY SUE REISINGER
A look into how MSU’s legal department has
handled the Nassar nightmare
ILLUSTRATION BY BRUCE MACPHERSON
