MSU announces full transfer of Nassar documents to state AG

EAST LANSING — Michigan State University President Kevin Guskiewicz said Friday that documents involving the school’s investigation into convicted sexual abuser Larry Nassar have been given to the Michigan Attorney General’s Office.

The school has withheld the documents for years, claiming attorney-client privilege.

“I’m pleased to report that the documents pertaining to the Nassar case (have) now been fully transferred to the Michigan Attorney General’s Office and the board’s earlier decision to release those privileged documents,” Guskiewicz said.

The university began the process of releasing the documents March 1, the school said at the time. During the Dec. 15 board meeting, the trustees voted unanimously to waive the attorney-client privilege that had kept those documents in the university’s possession.

The university has not said exactly what was released and what redactions were made to protect student privacy and health data. It’s not clear how many documents — they number in the thousands — were released or whether Attorney General Dana Nessel obtained all the documents the office has been requesting since Nassar was sentenced in Ingham and Eaton county courts in 2018.

MSU has not said what it planned to release or what redactions it expects to make. Nessel’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Nessel’s predecessor, Bill Schuette, initiated an investigation of MSU that led to charges against several officials. Nessel continued those efforts but paused several years ago, saying she couldn’t proceed until MSU turned over the documents.