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Lawsuit alleges Nassar raped MSU athlete in 1992; Perles covered it up

A former Michigan State University field hockey player was raped and impregnated by Larry Nassar in 1992 and brushed off by then-athletic director George Perles and university police when she attempted to report the assault, a new lawsuit alleges.

According to the lawsuit, plaintiff Erika Davis of California is one of earliest victims of Nassar, who was a 29-year-old student at MSU's College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1992.

Davis also is the first person to allege that she told a MSU administrator about Nassar before 1997, when two gymnasts allegedly voiced concerns to Kathie Klages, then MSU gymnastics coach.