NEW: Michigan State University has been fined a record $4.5 million by the Education Dept. for its “complete failure to protect students” from sexual abuse by Larry Nassar.
The Department of Education socked Michigan State University with a record $4.5 million fine Thursday for its “complete failure to protect students” from sexual abuse by the school’s disgraced former sports doctor“What transpired at Michigan State was abhorrent, inexcusable,” Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said. “Michigan State will now pay for its failures and will be required to make meaningful changes to how it handles Title IX cases moving forward.
The fine was nearly twice the $2.4 million that Penn State was ordered to pay following the 2011 child sex abuse scandal that involved assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky and tarnished the reputation of longtime football coach Joe Paterno. In addition to paying the fine, Michigan State is required to hire an outside law firm to review all sex assault case decisions made by the school's Title IX office and issue a report to the federal government.U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos at the White House in Washington on Aug. 16, 2018.
Nassar, 56, who was also the USA Gymnastics national team doctor, pleaded guilty in January 2018 to sexually abusing 10 minors in a Michigan court and was sentenced to up to 175 years behind bars. He was accused of molesting hundreds of women and girls over two decades under the guise of medical treatment.
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