DETROIT -- The Michigan attorney general's office is defending the conduct of Larry Nassar's sentencing judge and asking that she deny a defense request to disqualify herself from the former Michigan State University sports doctor's appeal.
The attorney general's office argued in court documents filed Tuesday that Judge Rosemarie Aquilina's role was different than a trial judge when she sentenced Nassar after he pleaded guilty to molesting women and girls under the guise of medical treatment, the Detroit News reported.
Aquilina described Nassar as a "monster" and said she was signing his "death warrant" when she ordered him to serve 40 to 175 years during the January sentencing at which at least 169 women and girls had provided statements.