LANSING (MI)
Lansing State Journal
August 23, 2018
By Kara Berg and Matt Mencarini
Former MSU gymnastics coach Kathie Klages has been charged with lying to police about her knowledge of sexual assault complaints about Larry Nassar prior to 2016.
The charges, filed today in 54A District Court in Lansing, make Klages the second person charged as part of the Michigan Attorney General’s Office investigation of Michigan State University’s handling of reports about Nassar.
“Klages denied to Michigan State Police detectives having been told prior to 2016 of Nassar’s sexual misconduct,” according to an AG’s Office news release. “Witnesses have said that they reported Nassar’s sexual abuse to Klages dating back more than 20 years.”
One of those people is Larissa Boyce, a former youth gymnast who said she told Klages about Nassar’s abuse in 1997 when she was 16. Boyce said that Klages cautioned her and another gymnast from filing a formal complaint against Nassar, which Klages has denied.
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