Michigan State President Resigns Over Larry Nassar Sex Abuse Scandal
Samuel Chamberlain reports at Fox News:
Michigan State University President Lou Anna Simon resigned late Wednesday over criticism of the university's handling of sexual abuse claims against former sports doctor Larry Nassar.
Simon resigned hours after Nassar was sentenced to between 40 and 175 years in prison for molesting women and girls while supposedly treating them for sports injuries.
In her resignation letter, Simon addressed the survivors of Nassar's abuse, saying she was "so sorry that a trusted, renowned physician was really such an evil, evil person who inflicted such harm under the guise of medical treatment."
"Nassar pleaded guilty to assaulting seven people in the Lansing area, including in his home basement and at his campus office," Fox News reports. "However, more than 150 women and girls confronted Nassar about his abuse at an extraordinary seven-day sentencing hearing. Many of the victims accused the university of mishandling complaints about Nassar, some of which go back more than two decades."
The university "faces further scrutiny in the Nassar case," according to Fox News. "The state's attorney general plans to investigate how the university handled the allegations."
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