EAST LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Michigan State University announced it will be releasing several thousand documents regarding its former employee, Larry Nassar, to the Michigan Attorney General.
“MSU’s Office of the General Counsel has met with the Attorney General’s Office, and they have mutually determined that the document transfer process will begin in late February,” Interim MSU President Teresa Woodruff said during her final report to the university’s Board of Trustees at a Friday meeting according to the Detroit News.
When did the Board decide to release the documents?
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In early December, the MSU board voted to release the university documents.
Board members expressed gratitude for Interim President Woodruff’s work, at her last meeting before Kevin Guskiewicz takes over as MSU President in March.
“I express our collective gratitude to you for your unwavering leadership,” said Board Chairwoman Rema Vassar during Friday’s meeting according to the Detroit News. “There have been dark days, and you have stepped up in ways that an interim (president) may not generally do. Your steadfast commitment to our institution’s mission has been inspirational.”
Parents of Sister Survivors Engage (POSSE) withdraw lawsuit.
“This is a victory on a long road to truth that the survivors and the public need in order to learn how MSU acted in the Nassar case,” said Azzam Elder, the attorney representing POSSE and the Sister Survivors, a parent group formed in the wake of the Nassar scandal supporting the survivors.
The lawsuit was filed in July 2023, was to have the board take a public vote on releasing 6,000 documents that Nessell said the university withheld, according to a spokesperson.
“The lawsuit alleged that MSU trustees had discussions and made decisions behind closed doors in the spring of 2023, in violation of state law, about whether to release the documents the board withheld,” according to CBS News.
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Nassar convicted for sexual misconduct while MSU Employee.
Nassar was prosecuted and convicted a little over a year after he was fired in September 2016.
“On Dec. 7, 2017, Larry Nassar was sentenced to 60 years in prison on federal child pornography charges brought by the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan,” according to MSU documents. “According to MSU Police, the child pornography investigation did not reveal any images of the survivors of his sexual abuse.”
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