Michigan State portrayed Mr. Fitzgerald as reviewing the Nassar cases even as he was hired to defend the university from lawsuits. “Michigan State led the public to believe that there had been an independent investigation,” Tom Leonard, the Republican speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives, said on Friday in an interview. In fact, the initial contract between Michigan State and Mr. Fitzgerald’s firm makes no mention of carrying out an independent investigation or producing any report. “It is clear that Nassar fooled everyone around him — patients, friends, colleagues, and fellow doctors at M.S.U.,” Mr. Fitzgerald wrote. Another gymnast said she had also told Ms. Klages about abuse by Dr. Nassar around that time.

Source: New York Times January 27, 2018 19:36 UTC