MSU's 'Hollow' Words: Gymnasts Demand Accountability For Nassar

EAST LANSING, MI – Three women, all gymnasts who once worked with and say they were sexually assaulted by Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, will demand an investigation into the university’s role in the situation. According to a Detroit News report, the women say MSU could have prevented Nassar had it addressed complaints against him.

Nassar is expected on Wednesday to enter a guilty plea in an Ingham County court to multiple charges of sexually assaulting gymnasts under the guise of providing medical treatment to them. The 54-year-old doctor is expected to be sentenced to a minimum of 25 years in prison.

Olympic gymnasts Aly Raisman, McKayla Maroney and Gabby Douglas are among the women who have publicly said they were among Nassar's victims.

Another gymnast, Rachael Denhollander, is one of the three gymnasts expected to take her complaint to MSU. She told the Detroit News that “MSU has shown deliberate and callous indifference” to the complaints against Nassar.

"Their words about care and holding enablers of abuse accountable are hollow. They have utterly failed to show leadership and have demonstrated nothing but a desire to protect their own interests, no matter the cost to victims."

The other gymnasts expected to address MSU are Lindsey Lemke, a current member of MSU Women’s Gymnastics Team, and Kaylee Lorincz, an 18-year-old Adrian College gymnast, according to the Detroit News.

In addition to accepting some accountability for Nassar’s behavior, the gymnasts want MSU to release the report of an internal investigation into the doctor’s activities.

>>>> Read the article in The Detroit News

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