A lawsuit filed on Thursday by former Michigan State University athletes victimized by Larry Nassar alleges that its trustees voted in secret to withhold thousands of documents related to the disgraced team doctor in violation of state law.
Elder also said the board violated the Freedom of Information Act in denying the plaintiffs access to emails that may have shown whether the trustees made a decision on the documents behind closed doors. The school said in April that attorney-client privilege protect the documents. MSU on Thursday said it did not have further comment on pending litigation.
Nassar was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison in 2018 after being convicted of sexually abusing young female gymnasts, including Olympic gold medalists Simone Biles, Aly Raisman and McKayla Maroney, over the years when he worked as a team doctor.