LANSING, Mich. - Former Michigan State University president Lou Anna K. Simon will return to court on Tuesday, April 9 where witnesses will continue to testify about what Simon knew about the investigation into Larry Nassar.
Two witnesses testified on Monday. The hearing, which resumes Tuesday, will determine if there is enough evidence to send the criminal charges to circuit court.
Simon faces felony charges for lying to police officers who investigated how the university handled complaints against the former sports doctor. Nassar was sentenced to prison for sexually assaulting at least 160 girls and young women under the guise of medical care.
Simon has maintained for more than two years that she did not know about reports against Nassar until 2016. In May 2018, during an interview at Michigan State Police headquarters in Eaton County, she said that she was aware that in 2014 a sports medicine doctor was subject to a review, but didn't know the nature of the complaint.
Simon stepped down as MSU president just hours after Nassar was sentenced in Ingham County Circuit Court back in January 2018.
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