Nassar is named national medical coordinator for USA Gymnastics ahead of the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. — Alan Ashley: The USOC fired the chief of sport performance in December 2018 in the wake of an independent report that said neither he nor Blackmun elevated concerns about the Nassar allegations when they were first reported to them. She had been accused of lying during an interview when investigators were trying to determine how Nassar got away with sexual assault for so long. Strampel retired as Michigan State was trying to fire him. He was the U.S. women's coach at the 2012 Olympics. Penny has pleaded not guilty to a third-degree felony alleging he ordered the removal of documents relating to Nassar from the Karolyi Ranch in Texas. In 2017, MSU police did their own investigation into Nassar. The facade of decency surrounding Nassar, one maintained in part by institutions like USAG and MSU, which missed or outright disregarded multiple opportunities to investigate claims of misconduct, began to fall apart in late 2016 when the Indianapolis Star published a piece on USAG’s mishandling of allegations of sexual abuse by coaches. — Less than a year after being hired as USA Gymnastics' president and CEO, Perry resigned in September 2018 after the USOC questioned her ability to lead the scandal-rocked organization. As a campus community, we must do everything we can to ensure this never happens again; to make sure any sexual assault never occurs. USA Gymnastics suspends former U.S. women’s gymnastics national team coach John Geddert on Monday, Michigan State Athletic Director Mark Hollis, A sentencing hearing for Nassar begins in Eaton County Circuit Court in Michigan, where he. She was later charged with two felonies and two misdemeanors, charges a judge dropped in May. “This is just the tip of the iceberg,” Schuette said, via the Lansing State Journal. A look at some of the individuals and organizations affected: — The U.S. Education Department fined Michigan State University $4.5 million in September for failing to respond to sexual assault complaints against Nassar. “Our position comes from a clear sense that USAG culture needs fundamental rebuilding.”, In a statement posted to its website along with a copy of the USOC letter, USAG indicates that it “completely embraces the requirements.”, “Our campus, and beyond, has been attacked by evil, an individual who broke trust and so much more. He resigned amid fallout from remarks he made about some of Nassar's victims. We’ve used the real names of victims who have identified themselves. That is unforgivable. He was sentenced to decades in prison after hundreds of girls and women said he molested them, including while he worked for Michigan State and Indiana-based USA Gymnastics, which trains Olympians. Check out AP's complete coverage of Larry Nassar and the fallout from his years of sexually abusing girls and women. “USA Gymnastics thanks Paul Parilla, Jay Binder and Bitsy Kelley for their many years of service to this organization. To those parents, be assured that I will move forward as if my own daughters were on this campus and will treat every student as I would my own daughters.”, Gasps and outrage in the board room today when a Nassar survivor describes in great detail how she says MSU Interim President John Engler attempted to coerce her into settling her case against the university.