When Dr. Larry Nassar came under investigation in August 2016 for molesting patients, his colleagues at Michigan State University defended him as a "good guy" and a stellar physician, according to MSU Police reports.
But unintentionally, those colleagues also helped build the case against Nassar, telling police investigators that medical exams or treatments involving the genitals required use of gloves, a chaperone in the room and explicit patient consent.
And even as they were defending him, Nassar's co-workers were unclear on treatments used by the acclaimed sports-medicine doctor -- and they dismissed red flags, such as Nassar's social media interactions, their interviews with police investigators show.