Gymnastics 2004 Larry Nassar investigation dropped after doctor's PowerPoint presentation Police decided not to prosecute abuse allegation after disgraced doctor said he was conducting legitimate medical procedures Larry Nassar during his sentencing hearing in Lansing, Michigan. Photograph: Brendan McDermid/ReutersPolice dropped an investigation into disgraced former gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar in 2004 after he told them he was conducting legitimate medical treatment, according to documents released on Wednesday. However, Nassar said the treatment was part of “a medical technique known as Sacrotuberous Ligament Release” and gave police a PowerPoint presentation on the subject. That hearing ended with Nassar getting to 40 to 175 years in prison, a sentence that judge described as Nassar’s “death warrant”. “I am not defending Larry Nassar at all, but what I saw with her was a real abandonment of judicial demeanor … The process doesn’t change because everybody hates the defendant.

Source: The Guardian January 31, 2018 18:10 UTC