September 22nd, 20220LANSING — Michigan’s Supreme Court turned down an application by the state’s attorney general to reinstate the conviction of a retired Michigan State University gymnastics coach who was accused of lying to investigators about convicted campus sports doctor Larry Nassar.
This is the second high profile case prosecutors have lost...
March 11th, 20220MACOMB COUNTY — A Macomb Township doctor wanted by authorities over accusations of sexual assault was caught in Canada after he was initially believed to have fled to his native Syria.
Dr. Mfed Mosely, a pediatrician, is accused of sexually assaulting at least three of his young female employees, trying to buy their silence and...
February 25th, 20210LANSING — The body of a former U.S. Olympics gymnastic coach was found at a rest stop Thursday, the same day that Attorney General Dana Nessel’s Office filed 24 criminal charges against him.
John Geddert, 63, of Grand Ledge, was also the former owner of the Lansing-area Twistars USA Gymnastics Club and had ties to convicted...
October 22nd, 20200LANSING — Michigan State University (MSU) Trustee Brian Mosallam has been endorsed by progressive Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders for his 2020 re-election bid.
Mosallam has been on the Board of Trustees since January 2013. He announced his reelection campaign in June, saying that he had decided to run after “careful...
March 29th, 20180DETROIT ― A former Michigan State University dean, who supervised the doctor at the center of the USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal, was himself charged on Tuesday with criminal sexual conduct involving medical school students.
A student at the College of Osteopathic Medicine accused William Strampel, 70, of forcible sexual contact,...
January 31st, 20180LANSING — USA Gymnastics, the sport’s U.S. governing body, said on Wednesday that all its remaining directors have now resigned following revelations that the longtime team doctor had sexually abused numerous athletes under his care.
A USA Gymnastics spokeswoman on Friday had said that the full board intended to resign. The U.S....
January 30th, 20180LANSING - Michigan State University will name former Michigan Gov. John Engler to be interim president, according to Detroit Free Press sources.
Engler, a Republican, is a MSU graduate. He is expected to be named to the position at a special 9 a.m. MSU board meeting Wednesday.
Also coming on board is another former Michigan...
January 24th, 20180LANSING — The president of Michigan State University said on Wednesday she is tendering her resignation after facing a barrage of criticism for not doing enough to stop the abuse by a doctor who worked at the school and was convicted of molesting gymnasts.
“As tragedies are politicized, blame is inevitable. As president, it is...
January 19th, 20180LANSING — A coach who sent dozens of young girls for treatment to USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar, who pleaded guilty to molesting female athletes, told the disgraced physicians on Wednesday to "go to hell" for his crimes.
Thomas Brennan, a youth gymnastics coach, confronted Nassar in a Michigan courtroom on the second day...
December 8th, 20170GRAND RAPIDS — On Thursday, a federal judge sentenced Larry Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics team doctor accused of sexually assaulting gymnasts, to 60 years in prison on federal child pornography charges that grew out of a sex abuse investigation.
U.S. District Judge Janet Neff handed down the sentences sought by prosecutors, who...
November 22nd, 20170
INGHAM COUNTY, MI -- Larry Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics team doctor, pleaded guilty in a Michigan court on Wednesday to seven counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct.
In a press statement Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette said Nassar had pleaded guilty in Michigan’s Ingham County court to felony criminal...
