Disgraced Michigan State University Case Study
Disgraced Michigan State University (MSU) President Lou Anna Simon has resigned. The once prominent educator is accused of protecting a disgusting pedophile and ignoring his victims’ cries.
Dr. Larry Nassar spent 20 years as a physician for MSU and the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team. The monstrous man used his prestigious position to sexually molest and terrorize hundreds of little girls. On Wednesday he was sentenced to 40 to 174 years behind bars.
Nassar was able to molest little girls because the adults who were supposed to be protecting them failed. During Nassar’s trial, it was revealed that Simon and at least dozen other MSU official were told about Nassar’s abuse. Instead of defending the helpless girls under her care, Simon attempted …show more content…
I have tried to make it not about me… I urge those who have supported my work to understand that I cannot make it about me now. Therefore, I am tendering my resignation as president according to the terms of my employment agreement,” Simon wrote.
"To the survivors, I can never say enough that I am so sorry that a trusted, renowned physician was really such an evil, evil person who inflicted such harm under the guise of medical treatment… I know that we all share the same resolve to do whatever it takes to avert such tragedies here and elsewhere."
Her excuse doesn’t pass muster. She was informed multiples times that young women felt uncomfortable around Nassar, yet she did nothing.
Nassar hid his perversion under the guise of professional interest. He examined his victims’ bodies from head to toe, often penetrating them vaginally and anally for minutes at a time. He justified himself by pretending that everything he did was medically necessary.
“A monster was stopped last year, after decades of being allowed to prey on women and little girls, and he wasn’t stopped by a single person who could have, and should have stopped him at least 20 years ago,” Rachel Denhollander, one of Nassar’s victims and the first to publicly out him, said last …show more content…
The stigma surrounding sexual assault is lifting. Victims feel angry rather ashamed. Over 100 women spoke at Nassar’s sentencing trial.
"It is my honor and privilege to sentence you. You do not deserve to walk outside a prison ever again… You have done nothing to control those urges, and anywhere you walk, destruction will occur to those most vulnerable," Judge Rosemarie Aquilina told Nassar.
"I just signed your death warrant."
Nassar is going to spend the rest of his life rotting behind bars, and for a lot of his victims, it’s still not enough. He behaved cruelly and selfishly in a systematic way, preying on children who he thought too meek to stand up to him.
Nassar gave a weak apology in her resignation letter. "As tragedies are politicized, blame is inevitable," she wrote. "As president, it is only natural that I am the focus of this anger."
“A public apology after you've hid behind this monster for over 20 years will never be enough. Where were you when we needed you?" Olivia Cowan, another one of Nassar’s victims, asked the
Dr. Larry Nassar spent 20 years as a physician for MSU and the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team. The monstrous man used his prestigious position to sexually molest and terrorize hundreds of little girls. On Wednesday he was sentenced to 40 to 174 years behind bars.
Nassar was able to molest little girls because the adults who were supposed to be protecting them failed. During Nassar’s trial, it was revealed that Simon and at least dozen other MSU official were told about Nassar’s abuse. Instead of defending the helpless girls under her care, Simon attempted …show more content…
I have tried to make it not about me… I urge those who have supported my work to understand that I cannot make it about me now. Therefore, I am tendering my resignation as president according to the terms of my employment agreement,” Simon wrote.
"To the survivors, I can never say enough that I am so sorry that a trusted, renowned physician was really such an evil, evil person who inflicted such harm under the guise of medical treatment… I know that we all share the same resolve to do whatever it takes to avert such tragedies here and elsewhere."
Her excuse doesn’t pass muster. She was informed multiples times that young women felt uncomfortable around Nassar, yet she did nothing.
Nassar hid his perversion under the guise of professional interest. He examined his victims’ bodies from head to toe, often penetrating them vaginally and anally for minutes at a time. He justified himself by pretending that everything he did was medically necessary.
“A monster was stopped last year, after decades of being allowed to prey on women and little girls, and he wasn’t stopped by a single person who could have, and should have stopped him at least 20 years ago,” Rachel Denhollander, one of Nassar’s victims and the first to publicly out him, said last …show more content…
The stigma surrounding sexual assault is lifting. Victims feel angry rather ashamed. Over 100 women spoke at Nassar’s sentencing trial.
"It is my honor and privilege to sentence you. You do not deserve to walk outside a prison ever again… You have done nothing to control those urges, and anywhere you walk, destruction will occur to those most vulnerable," Judge Rosemarie Aquilina told Nassar.
"I just signed your death warrant."
Nassar is going to spend the rest of his life rotting behind bars, and for a lot of his victims, it’s still not enough. He behaved cruelly and selfishly in a systematic way, preying on children who he thought too meek to stand up to him.
Nassar gave a weak apology in her resignation letter. "As tragedies are politicized, blame is inevitable," she wrote. "As president, it is only natural that I am the focus of this anger."
“A public apology after you've hid behind this monster for over 20 years will never be enough. Where were you when we needed you?" Olivia Cowan, another one of Nassar’s victims, asked the