Tiffany Lopez, Who Reported Larry Nassar 19 Years Before His Arrest, Takes Back Her Power

MICHIGAN
Pop Sugar

May 25, 2018

by Lindsay Miller

Twenty years ago, former Michigan State University softball star Tiffany Lopez told three of her trainers that she was being sexually abused by one of the university’s team physicians. His name was Larry Nassar.

It would be 19 years before Nassar — who has been accused by at least 265 women with sexually abusing them in his role as a doctor to young athletes at MSU and USA Gymnastics — would be arrested for his crimes.

Lopez says she stopped playing the sport she loved and left MSU after her claims went unheard.

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