LANSING (MI)
Lansing State Journal
June 12, 2019
By Megan Banta
A jury on Wednesday found former Michigan State University dean William Strampel guilty of misconduct in office and willful neglect of duty.
That makes him the first former or current MSU official to be convicted following the Michigan Attorney General’s investigation into MSU and its handling of convicted sex offender Larry Nassar, who worked in the university’s sports medicine clinic.
After more than five hours of deliberation, jurors found that evidence supported the Attorney General’s argument that Strampel, 71, used his power as dean of MSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine to proposition and control female medical students.
Jurors also determined there was enough evidence to support prosecutors’ argument that Strampel displayed “complete indifference” as to whether Nassar was following protocols meant to decrease risk for the university following a complaint of sexual assault in 2014.
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