Former Gov. John Engler came back to the state Capitol the same day he was named as the interim President of Michigan State University amidst a sex abuse scandal that has rocked the East Lansing campus. Kathleen Gray/Detroit Free rpess
Interim president John Engler issued a fiery defense of Michigan State against an ESPN report linking the Larry Nassar scandal with the university’s football and men’s basketball programs, slamming the network for what he termed “a sensationalized package of reporting.”
Engler sent an email to MSU students and faculty Tuesday afternoon updating them on the multiple investigations going on involving the case of Nassar, the former MSU and USA Gymnastics sports medicine doctor who pleaded guilty last month to multiple charges of assaulting girls and women under the guise of medical treatment over the past 20 years.