{"id":13596,"date":"2019-01-17T06:59:33","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T11:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=13596"},"modified":"2019-01-17T06:59:33","modified_gmt":"2019-01-17T11:59:33","slug":"larry-nassar-case-michigan-state-university-head-john-engler-resigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2019\/01\/17\/larry-nassar-case-michigan-state-university-head-john-engler-resigns\/","title":{"rendered":"Larry Nassar case: Michigan State University head John Engler resigns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">The interim president of Michigan State University has resigned after he said victims of a major sex abuse scandal were &#8220;enjoying&#8221; the attention.<\/p>\n<p>John Engler, who was appointed a year ago, said gymnasts who were abused by ex-team doctor Larry Nassar were &#8220;hanging on&#8221; to the scandal.<\/p>\n<p>He made the remarks in an interview with the Detroit News last week and was roundly criticised.<\/p>\n<p>Nassar has been sentenced to more than 300 years for molesting young gymnasts.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10483\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10483\" style=\"width: 532px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Larry-Nassar-Eaton-County-Sentencing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10483\" src=\"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Larry-Nassar-Eaton-County-Sentencing.png\" alt=\"Larry Nassar\" width=\"532\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Larry-Nassar-Eaton-County-Sentencing.png 532w, https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Larry-Nassar-Eaton-County-Sentencing-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 532px) 100vw, 532px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10483\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Larry Nassar in court at his sentencing in Charlotte, Michigan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The former Olympic doctor was convicted last year on hundreds of counts of abuse at USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University.<\/p>\n<p>The head of USA Gymnastics and the president of Michigan State University both resigned in the wake of the scandal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are a lot of people who are touched by this, survivors who haven&#8217;t been in the spotlight,&#8221; Mr Engler said in the interview with the Detroit News.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In some ways they have been able to deal with this better than the ones who&#8217;ve been in the spotlight who are still enjoying that moment at times, you know, the awards and recognition,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The former state governor delivered\u00a0<a class=\"story-body__link-external\" href=\"https:\/\/cabs.msu.edu\/news\/key-issues\/issue-docs\/EnglerResignationLetterScan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his resignation letter<\/a>\u00a0to the university&#8217;s Board of Trustees on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>He said that several members of the board had asked him to resign.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I arrived I found a university in crisis,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;Disclosures of sexual abuse by&#8230; Larry Nassar had made MSU a troubled institution.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The bottom line is that MSU is a dramatically better, stronger institution than a year ago,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Last year,\u00a0<a class=\"story-body__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-us-canada-44146812\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the university agreed to pay $500m (\u00a3371m) in compensation to the athletes<\/a>\u00a0who were abused by Nassar.<\/p>\n<p>According to the lawyers, $425m will be paid to the claimants, and another $75m would be set aside for any future allegations against Nassar, 54, and the university.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-us-canada-46900498\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">The interim president of Michigan State University has resigned after he said victims of a major sex abuse scandal were &#8220;enjoying&#8221; the attention. 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