Why the media mustn’t hide from the Larry Nassar scandal

The Larry Nassar scandal in the States has been rolling on for quite a while, and even though it ostensibly came to some kind of conclusion last week, the aftershocks continue to ripple outwards.

Nassar is the doctor who was convicted last Wednesday of the sexual abuse of almost 150 of the gymnasts in his care over a period of 20 years, many of them members of the US Olympic team. He was sentenced to up to 175 years in jail after a court heard harrowing testimony in the form of victim impact statements from those abused.

The fall-out began early. Much of that abuse took place on the Michigan State University campus, where Nassar worked for over two decades, and over the weekend the President of MSU, Lou Anna Simon, resigned and issued a public apology to his victims.