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Former Olympic gymnastics and MSU sports doctor Larry Nassar returns to court

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Former MSU sports doctor Larry Nassar will be back in district court in Mason today. He will face some of the women and girls who claim he sexually abused them while he was supposed to be treating their injuries.

Former Olympic gymnastics and Michigan State University sports doctor Larry Nassar will be back in district court in Mason today. He'll face some of the women and girls who claim he sexually abused them while he was supposed to be treating their injuries.

Last fall, a few former gymnasts went public with their accusations against Nassar. Since then, more than 80 women and girls have gone to the police about him. Four of them will take the stand today.  

Michigan Radio’s Kate Wells joined Morning Edition host Doug Tribou to outline the multiple legal cases Nassar is facing and to explain what's at stake in today's hearing.

Kate Wells is a Peabody Award-winning journalist currently covering public health. She was a 2023 Pulitzer Prize finalist for her abortion coverage.
Doug Tribou joined the Michigan Public staff as the host of Morning Edition in 2016. Doug first moved to Michigan in 2015 when he was awarded a Knight-Wallace journalism fellowship at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
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