Michigan State fined $4.5 million for 'systemic failure' to address Larry Nassar abuse

Michigan State University.
(Image credit: iStock/ehrlif)

Michigan State University's Larry Nassar scandal isn't over yet.

The school will have to pay a $4.5 million fine for both disgraced gymnastics team doctor Nassar's "abhorrent" crimes and for Michigan State's similarly abhorrent response, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced Thursday. That's nearly double what Pennsylvania State University was fined in its abuse case involving Jerry Sandusky, and seemingly prompted MSU provost June Youatt's immediate resignation, The Detroit Free Press reports.

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up
Explore More
Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.