Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is dispatching a team of civil rights investigators to Michigan State University to examine how the school handled allegations against former gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, who was convicted of molesting patients for years.
"This new Title IX investigation will look at systemic issues in the University’s handling of sex-based incidents involving Dr. Larry Nassar," DeVos said in an statement Monday.
The federal probe is only the latest for MSU, which is under investigation by the Michigan Attorney General's Office and a congressional committee. It also faces dozens of lawsuits that allege it ignored reports and warning signs about Nassar's predation going back to 1997.
DeVos' announcement came hours before some of Nassar's victims gathered in Lansing, Michigan, for a news conference on new state legislation prompted by the case. The bills would change the statute of limitations for sexual crimes against children, expand the class of people who must report claims of sexual abuse to law enforcement, and allow prosecutors to use evidence of prior assaults at trial.
Source : nbcnews
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