A lot of irony with it being in the same courtroom in which Nassar last appeared, and also in the statement from her attorney that they are "torturing" her. She never cared at all about the pain she/MSU put Nassar victims through with their stonewalling/cover up policy.
The "poor woman" even had to turn over her passport:
https://www.lansingstatejournal.com...-state-university-msu-arraignment/2100707002/
Lou Anna Simon, the former president of Michigan State University, was arraigned today, in the same courtroom where Larry Nassar's criminal cases ended, on charges that she lied to police about the disgraced doctor.
She's charged with two felonies and two misdemeanors, and faces up to four years in prison if convicted.
The hearing was moved from Eaton County District Court Judge Julie Reincke's courtroom to a larger courtroom in Circuit Court, to accommodate the expected media and as to not disrupt the rest of Reincke's docket.
In the brief court appearance, Simon sat at the same table where Nassar sat earlier this year for his three-day sentencing hearing in Eaton County.
Simon told the judge she understood the charges and a hearing was scheduled for Dec. 18, during which they will set the date for her preliminary hearing. Reincke set a bond that did not require payment for Simon to be released today and ordered her to surrender her passport.
After the arraignment, Mayer Morganroth, one of Simon's attorneys, said the evidence described by the Michigan Attorney General's Office is false and ridiculous, and that Simon has no culpability in the Nassar scandal.
"She had 47 years there and all they're doing is torturing a woman," he said.
Simon has maintained for more than two years that she did not know about reports against Nassar until 2016. In May, during an interview at Michigan State Police headquarters in Eaton County, she said that she was aware that in 2014 a sports medicine doctor was subject to a review, but didn't know the nature of the complaint.
An affidavit filed by the AG's Office in support of the charges undercuts that statement. The document details a the series of events over four days in 2014 that started with Amanda Thomashow telling a Title IX investigator that Nassar sexually assaulted her and ended with the head of MSU's Title IX office meeting with Simon to discuss the investigation.
Notes and the meeting agenda, the AG's Office says in the affidavit, show that Simon was aware in May 2014 that Nassar was under investigation for sexual assault.
That 2014 Title IX investigation has been widely criticized during the past two years. It cleared Nassar of policy violations and in reaching that conclusion the investigator, Kristine Moore, relied on the options of four medical experts who all worked for MSU and had close ties to Nassar.
Moore also produced two versions of the final report, the only time this was done in a three-year period.While both reports said Nassar did not violate university policy, Thomashow received a version with a shorter conclusion section that left out Moore's findings that Nassar was a liability risk and his conduct could traumatize patients by giving a perception of sexual misconduct.
In case anyone missed it due to the holiday, the US Senate is now also reviewing Simon's testimony under oath before their committee as well to see if they want to bring any charges against her:
Engler needs to be the next one put under a microscope by authorities.
The "poor woman" even had to turn over her passport:
https://www.lansingstatejournal.com...-state-university-msu-arraignment/2100707002/
Lou Anna Simon, the former president of Michigan State University, was arraigned today, in the same courtroom where Larry Nassar's criminal cases ended, on charges that she lied to police about the disgraced doctor.
She's charged with two felonies and two misdemeanors, and faces up to four years in prison if convicted.
The hearing was moved from Eaton County District Court Judge Julie Reincke's courtroom to a larger courtroom in Circuit Court, to accommodate the expected media and as to not disrupt the rest of Reincke's docket.
In the brief court appearance, Simon sat at the same table where Nassar sat earlier this year for his three-day sentencing hearing in Eaton County.
Simon told the judge she understood the charges and a hearing was scheduled for Dec. 18, during which they will set the date for her preliminary hearing. Reincke set a bond that did not require payment for Simon to be released today and ordered her to surrender her passport.
After the arraignment, Mayer Morganroth, one of Simon's attorneys, said the evidence described by the Michigan Attorney General's Office is false and ridiculous, and that Simon has no culpability in the Nassar scandal.
"She had 47 years there and all they're doing is torturing a woman," he said.
Simon has maintained for more than two years that she did not know about reports against Nassar until 2016. In May, during an interview at Michigan State Police headquarters in Eaton County, she said that she was aware that in 2014 a sports medicine doctor was subject to a review, but didn't know the nature of the complaint.
An affidavit filed by the AG's Office in support of the charges undercuts that statement. The document details a the series of events over four days in 2014 that started with Amanda Thomashow telling a Title IX investigator that Nassar sexually assaulted her and ended with the head of MSU's Title IX office meeting with Simon to discuss the investigation.
Notes and the meeting agenda, the AG's Office says in the affidavit, show that Simon was aware in May 2014 that Nassar was under investigation for sexual assault.
That 2014 Title IX investigation has been widely criticized during the past two years. It cleared Nassar of policy violations and in reaching that conclusion the investigator, Kristine Moore, relied on the options of four medical experts who all worked for MSU and had close ties to Nassar.
Moore also produced two versions of the final report, the only time this was done in a three-year period.While both reports said Nassar did not violate university policy, Thomashow received a version with a shorter conclusion section that left out Moore's findings that Nassar was a liability risk and his conduct could traumatize patients by giving a perception of sexual misconduct.
In case anyone missed it due to the holiday, the US Senate is now also reviewing Simon's testimony under oath before their committee as well to see if they want to bring any charges against her:
Engler needs to be the next one put under a microscope by authorities.
