Victims of former sports doctor Larry Nassar spoke at a press conference today following a court hearing where he pleaded guilty to multiple counts of sexual assault.
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Lindsey Lemke, Rachael Denhollander and Kaylee Lorincz gave statements, sharing their experiences of reporting his actions to officials.
The victims are demanding answers from the people who protected Nassar. They are calling on Michigan State University, USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic Committee to take action.
"We have yet to hear the truth from officials who kept Larry in power," said Denhollander.
Watch their statements below:
MSU spokesperson Jason Cody gave the statement below in response:
“As they have done before, today the plaintiffs’ attorneys have made accusations against the university claiming it is engaged in a ‘cover up of misconduct by university administrators.’ The university unequivocally denies this accusation. Moreover, MSU has consistently promised if it were to find any employee knew of and acquiesced in Nassar’s misconduct, the university would immediately report it to law enforcement.
As for the call for an independent investigation, the FBI and MSU Police Department conducted a joint investigation earlier this year to determine whether any university employee other than Nassar engaged in criminal conduct. The results of that investigation were sent to the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan. We have no reason to believe that any criminal conduct was found.
Michigan State University continues to be shocked and appalled by Larry Nassar’s now-admitted criminal conduct. Any suggestion that the university covered up this conduct is simply false.
