Lansing — More than a year after she resigned from her post at Michigan State University in the wake of the Larry Nassar scandal, Kathie Klages turned herself in to Lansing police and was arraigned in 54-A District Court on Thursday.
Special Independent Counsel Bill Forsyth last week announced the charges against Klages, the former head MSU gymnastics coach for 27 seasons. Forsyth alleged Klages falsely denied to Michigan State Police detectives that she had been told prior to 2016 of Nassar’s sexual misconduct.
It was the first time Klages has appeared publicly since she resigned from Michigan State in February 2017, after two former gymnasts filed lawsuits against MSU and other institutions, saying they had told Klages about Nassar 20 years earlier.