Larry Nassar says his decades of sexual abuse should be medical malpractice, not criminal

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Larry Nassar believes his decades of sexual abuse of hundreds of women and girls was not criminal and should have been handled as a "medical malpractice case," according to a report from the Michigan Attorney General's Office.

The report released Friday was a status update on the attorney general's office's investigation into Michigan State University's handling of matters related to Nassar.

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The attorney general's office says MSU is stonewalling the investigation by not releasing requested documents, and characterizes Nassar, a former USA Gymnastics and MSU doctor, as "defiant" and "unrepentant."

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It immediately became clear that his statements of remorse in the courtroom were a farce," the report says.

Nassar claimed that he only pleaded guilty "because he lost his support from the medical community and his patients after the police discovered reams of child pornography in his possession," the report says.

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Dwyre said he found a man who was adamant that all of his "treatments" were "done for a medical purpose, not for his own pleasure."

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The report says MSU insisted that all of its employees interviewed in the investigation should have a university attorney present. Investigators saw this as "a veiled attempt ... to blunt the candor of witnesses and otherwise prevent them from sharing certain details," the report says.

Forsyth said MSU officials seemed more concerned with protecting the school's reputation than working with investigators.

"At some point in time, just admit you screwed up, and take whatever steps you need to take to rectify it. Apologize for what happened, ensure to people that it won't happen again," Forsyth said.

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