Michigan State University is under serious scrutiny for its possible role in covering up multiple sexual charges levied against its former sports medicine director.

On November 22, 2017, Larry Nasser, former Michigan State director of sports medicine, and former U.S. gymnastics employee, pleaded guilty to seven sexual assault charges.

Nasser is accused of over 150 counts of sexual assault as well as possession of child pornography and is looking at over 25 years in prison. Michigan State is also in trouble; the university is accused of covering for Nasser. At least seven women made verbal complaints to school officials during his tenure, according to Fox News.

Fox News reported that John Manley, an attorney from California, is outraged at the officials of Michigan State.

“Clearly Michigan State has a culture of secrecy,” said Manley. “They have a report about 150 little girls being molested, and they’re not going to release it? That is outrageous.”

“President [Lou Anna K.] Simon, release the report or resign,” he added.

Rachael Denhollander, the first victim to speak publicly, told Fox News that Nasser was usually let off easy, without any consequences from MSU.

“We were silenced. We were mocked. And our abuser was told time and time again, ‘I’m on your side,’” said Denhollander.

“That gives me all I need to see how Nassar preyed on women and little girls for so many years.”

Post-graduate Braeden Heald believes that these scandals give Michigan State a very bad image.

“I would say that every athlete at Michigan holds an image for the school and after this man’s actions, it is clear that MSU didn’t do a great job at going about this situation.” Braeden said.

“The fact that they didn’t come out right away and tell the public what happened, is very bad for their image.”

In addition to Michigan State, Larry Nassar is also accused of sexual abuse by several Olympic gymnasts during his tenure as the team trainer.

Olympic gymnast Ally Raisman opened up about her unsettling experiences with Nassar in a Time Magazine interview.

“The fact is I didn’t really know it was happening to me. What people don’t get is that he was a doctor. I would never have imagined that a doctor would abuse me or manipulate me so badly.”

This scandal may sound like a broken record due to what happened at Penn State University in 2012.

Jerry Sandusky, the former Pennsylvania State University assistant football coach, and once looked up to by thousands of fans of the PSU football community, was convicted of sexually assaulting 10 children. The situation was allegedly slipped under the rug by head football coach Joe Paterno, according to Washington Post, similar to the Michigan State scandals which were also not released to the public. Peterno died in January, 2012, and Sandsusky is in prison, serving a 30-60 year and life sentence.

“Don’t weep for Joe Paterno,” The Washington Post wrote in November, 2011. “If he really loved Penn State as much as he professed, he’d have fallen on his own sword a lot sooner, rather than letting the situation on campus reach a boiling point while trying to engineer his own retirement.”