Larry Nassar

Larry is is known predominantly for his role in the sexual abuse of more than 150 girls, including a number of renowned Olympic gymnasts.

Here’s what we know about the multiple criminal cases, lawsuits and more than 60 allegations related to sexual assault claims against former Michigan State University doctor Larry Nassar.

1978 Nassar begins working with gymnasts as a student athletic trainer at North Farmington High School in suburban Detroit. He earns a varsity high school letter in women’s artistic gymnastics in 1981 thanks to his work with the team.

1985 Nassar graduates from University of Michigan with a degree in kinesiology. During his time at Michigan he works with the football team and track and field program.

1986 Nassar joins the USA Gymnastics national team medical staff as an athletic trainer.

1988 Nassar begins working with John and Kathryn Geddert, who later open Gedderts’ Twistars USA Gymnastics Club in Dimondale, Michigan.

1985-1989 Nassar works as a graduate assistant athletic trainer at Wayne State University while enrolled in a master’s degree program. He drops out when accepted to medical school at Michigan State University.

1993 Nassar receives osteopathic medical degree from Michigan State University.

1994 A gymnast, who later becomes an Olympic medalist, alleges Nassar begins to sexually abuse her in 1994, according to a 2016 lawsuit. The abuse allegedly continued for six years.

1996 Nassar completes family practice residency at St. Lawrence Hospital in Lansing, which has since merged with Sparrow Hospital.

Nassar is appointed national medical coordinator for USA Gymnastics. He attends the Olympic Games in Atlanta with gymnastics teams.

1997 Nassar completes a primary care sports medicine fellowship, then becomes a team physician and assistant professor at MSU.

Nassar begins working as team physician at Holt High School.

Nassar becomes a team physician and assistant professor at MSU.

A parent raises concerns to John Geddert about Nassar, but Geddert doesn’t notify police, according to a lawsuit filed in 2017.

1998 According to court records, Nassar begins sexually abusing the six–year–old daughter of a family friend. She later tells police Nassar penetrated her vagina with his fingers “every other week for five years”.

A student–athlete at MSU reports concerns regarding Nassar to trainers or coaches, but the university “failed to take any action” as a result, a lawsuit later claims.

2000 A second student–athlete at MSU reports concerns regarding Nassar to trainers or coaches, but the university “failed to take any action” as a result, according to a lawsuit filed in 2017.

Nassar attends Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, with gymnastics teams.

Rachael Denhollander, a gymnast who later files a criminal complaint against Nassar, says she was sexually abused by Nassar during treatments for lower back pain in 2000. She was 15 at the time.

2004 The alleged victim in Nassar’s Ingham County charges tells her parents about the sex abuse but they do not report it to police, according to court records.

Nassar receives or attempts to receive images of child pornography, according to a federal indictment unsealed in 2016.

2008 Nassar attends Olympic Games in Beijing, China, with gymnastics teams.

2014 MSU clears Nassar of any wrongdoing three months after a recent MSU graduate complains he sexually assaulted her during a medical examination.

Nassar retires as USA Gymnastics Medical Coordinator, but says he will remain team doctor for women’s artistic gymnastics.

AUG. 4, 2016 The Indianapolis Star publishes a lengthy investigation into USA Gymnastics and its handling of sexual abuse complaints over decades.

AUG. 29, 2016 Former gymnast Rachael Denhollander files a criminal complaint against Nassar with MSU Police. She alleges that in 2000, at age 15, she was sexually abused by Nassar during treatments for lower back pain.

AUG. 30, 2016 MSU relieves Nassar of clinical and patient duties.

SEPT. 8, 2016 A former Olympic medalist files a civil lawsuit in California, alleging sexual abuse by Nassar from 1994 to 2000.

SEPT. 12, 2016 In an Indianapolis Star report, Denhollander and the former Olympic medalist publicly accuse Nassar of sexual abuse.

SEPT. 20, 2016 MSU fires Nassar from his position as an associate professor in the College of Osteopathic Medicine.

OCT. 6, 2016 Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette announces his office will review accusations against Nassar at the request of MSU Police.

NOV. 8, 2016 Nassar receives 2,730 votes, or 21% of the vote, for Holt School Board.

NOV. 22, 2016 Nassar is charged in Ingham County with three counts of first degree criminal sexual conduct with a person under 13. Facing up to life in prison if convicted, he pleads not guilty and is freed on $1 million bond. At a press conference announcing the charges, officials say they have received about 50 complaints from victims alleging sexual abuse by Nassar.

DEC. 16, 2016 Nassar is indicted on federal child pornography charges. Officials claim Nassar had received or attempted to receive images of child pornography in 2004, and possessed child pornography between 2003 and 2016.

DEC. 21, 2016 Nassar is denied bond on the federal charges. A FBI agent testifies in court that investigators found at least 37,000 images and videos of child pornography on hard drives seized during a search of Nassar’s home.

JAN. 10, 2017 Eighteen victims file a federal lawsuit against Nassar, MSU, USA Gymnastics and John Geddert’s Twistars gymnastics club, alleging sexual assault, battery, molestation and harassment between 1996 and 2016.

The lawsuit alleges that twice — in 1999 and 2000 — alleged victims raised concerns to MSU coaches or trainers and that the university conducted no investigations. The lawsuit also alleges that in 1997 a parent raised concerns to Geddert, who didn’t report them to police.

And in 2004, according to the lawsuit, allegations were made to the Meridian Township Police Department.

Larry Nassar appears in court on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017 during a motion hearing at the 55th District Court in Mason. Nassar is facing three counts of first–degree criminal sexual conduct with a person younger than 13. (Julia Nagy/Lansing State Journal)

JAN. 24, 2017 Michigan’s Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs suspends Nassar’s medical licenses. The department says it received three complaints against Nassar – on Sept. 12, Sept. 15 and Dec. 22 – all after he became a figure in the USA Gymnastics scandal.

JAN. 26, 2017 Police in Texas confirm they are conducting a sexual assault investigation related to Nassar. Gary Jewell, an attorney for Bela and Martha Karolyi, said Texas Rangers showed up at their famed Karolyi Ranch as part of the investigation.

FEB. 7, 2017 Federal officials file an additional charge against Nassar, alleging that he destroyed computer files that had contained images of child pornography.

FEB. 13, 2017 MSU Gymnastics coach Kathie Klages is suspended by the university after a woman claims in court records that Klages in the late 1990s had discouraged her from filing a sexual assault complaint against Nassar.

FEB. 14, 2017 Kathie Klages announces her retirement, before the completion of her 27th year as head women’s gymnastics coach. A second gymnasts alleges in court documents that Klages discouraged her from reporting Nassar’s conduct.

FEB. 17, 2017 A district court judge ruled at the end of a preliminary hearing that there was enough evidence for Nassar to stand trial in Ingham County Circuit Court on the three sexual assault charges unrelated to his role as a doctor.

FEB. 22, 2017 Police secure warrants for 22 new sexual assault charges against Nassar. More than half are directly related to his work as a doctor at MSU’s sports medicine practice and the rest are tied to his work with Twistars Gymnastics Club.

MARCH 17, 2017 An MSU Title IX investigator completed an internal investigation prompted by a complaint made in September 2016 that Nasssar sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl during medical appointments in 2000. The report concluded that, based on the preponderance of the evidence standard, Nassar violated university policy by sexually assaulted the girl.

APRIL 6, 2017 A state disciplinary board revoked Nassar‘s medical license for at least three years and required him to pay $100,000 before reapplying, according the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs.

JUNE 23, 2017 Ingham County District Court Judge Donald Allen Jr. ruled there’s enough evidence for Nassar to stand trial on 12 counts of first–degree criminal sexual conduct. The charges relate to six women and girls who testified during the three–day preliminary hearing that Nassar sexually assaulted them during medical appointments.

JUNE 30, 2017 District Court Judge Julie Reincke sent Nassar–s Eaton County case to the trial court level after ruling there was enough evidence for him to stand trial. Before issuing her decision, Reincke said the three women and girls who testified that Nassar sexually assaulted them were “very credible.”.

Hours after Reincke–s decision, 23 more women and girls joined a federal lawsuit against Nassar, MSU and USA Gymnastics, bringing the total number of women and girls who have filed lawsuits to 119.

JULY 11, 2017 Nassar pleaded guilty to three child pornography charges during a hearing in federal court in Grand Rapids.