PYEONGCHANG, SOUTH KOREA (WKZO AM/FM) — On the day that an organization representing the survivors of sexual abuse called for the resignation of US Olympic Committee CEO Scott Blackman, the Committee’s Chairman finally got around to apologizing to the victims of former Team Doctor Larry Nassar.
Larry Probst told the media that the USOC failed the 265 women who have come forward.
He announced that they would be launching their own investigation, and following through on what it finds. Probst held a news conference in South Korea at the site of the Winter Games,
EAST LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) — MSU Interim President John Engler has announced he will attempt to fire William Strampel, the Dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine and Larry Nassar’s former boss.
Strampel has been on medical leave for a couple of months, and reportedly planned to retire. He was also the target of a controversial raid by the Attorney General’s office a week ago Friday, by agents who removed documents from his office.
Strampel is suspected of failing to monitor Nassar’s activities after an investigation suggested he must avoid skin on skin contact and never do a procedure without a nurse present.
As many as a dozen girls reported they were sexually abused after that order. Engler first has to try and revoke Strampel’s tenure. Then he can be fired.
