LANSING (MI)
MLive

August 14, 2018

By Amy Biolchini

A judge has struck down ex-Michigan State University doctor Larry Nassar’s attempt to disqualify the judge that sentenced him to decades in prison for sexually assaulting hundreds of girls and women under the guise of medical treatment.

Nassar’s lawyers alleged Ingham County Circuit Judge Judge Rosemarie Aquilina was biased against him by allowing 169 people to give victim impact statements during his sentencing and cheering them along. Nassar is asking to be re-sentenced, and was attempting to seek a different judge to do so.

Tuesday, Ingham County Circuit Court Chief Judge Richard J. Garcia denied Nassar’s motion to disqualify Aquilina.