Word is she is warming up in the bullpen waiting for the next train wreck.Now where is our gal - the Pulitzer Prise winning journalist - on this one?
Still out dodging snowplows??
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Word is she is warming up in the bullpen waiting for the next train wreck.Now where is our gal - the Pulitzer Prise winning journalist - on this one?
Still out dodging snowplows??
This is awful. I suspect it won't get much traction, because it involves young women. These females were repeatedly violated....and Michigan State did...nothing.
"Court raises new questions about whether officials at Michigan State University missed early warning signs about Larry Nassar, the school doctor and former USA Gymnastics team physician accused in recent months of multiple sex crimes. Among the accusers have been former U.S. gymnastics national team members.
In 1997, Tiffany Lopez, known then by her maiden name, Tiffany Thomas, was a softball player on full scholarship, a standout freshman, who helped lead the Spartans to the NCAA tournament for only the second time in school history. She went on to be a member of the USA Junior National Team. After developing chronic lower back pain in 1998, Lopez was sent by university athletic trainers to see Nassar.
At the time, Nassar was a faculty member and an osteopathic physician with a national reputation. He'd worked with the U.S. women's gymnastics team as a trainer since 1986 and, starting in 1996, as team doctor, treating dozens of America's elite gymnasts at the Olympics and other international competitions. Nassar also regularly treated patients, athletes and non-athletes alike, at MSU's sports medicine facility.
Starting in 1998, Lopez alleges, Nassar sexually abused her during medical exams and continued to do so more than 10 times over a period of three years. The lawsuit alleges that Nassar used a treatment he called "inter-vaginal adjustments" on Lopez.
"The Plaintiff, approximately 18 years old at the time, had a visit with Nassar where he touched her vagina," the lawsuit states, "in order to purportedly heal back pain she was having, under the guise of legitimate medical treatment. The Plaintiff complained to a trainer on her softball team who responded by saying Nassar was a world-renowned doctor, and that it was legitimate medical treatment.
"As the purported treatments continued, Nassar became more bold, having the Plaintiff remove her pants, and then inserting his bare, ungloved and unlubricated hand into her vagina."
Nassar's attorney, Matt Newburg, did not respond to a request for comment on the lawsuit. In the past, he has described Nassar's "inter-vaginal adjustments" as accepted medical procedures."
Read more here: http://www.espn.com/espn/otl/story/...claims-sex-abuse-school-usa-gymnastics-doctor
Sent this You Tube to Marci Hamilton to see if she want to change her article in Justia "Verdict" Ha! Ha!
There is a bunch of history on this. She is on the record.Can someone clarify the role of MSU President Lou Anna Simon in the Big Ten's approach to Penn State? I've heard a couple stories. One said Simon was leading the charge to boot PSU, the other said MSU and Illinois were the votes that saved PSU from getting the boot.
The sad thing in all this - Jim Clemente put out a responsible report that B1G member Universities could have taken back with them and applied to their campus. Instead, they chose to run with Louis Freeh's narrative.
Uh, didn't the Michigan State abuse happen over a decade ago? How would it have been affected by anything Freeh or Clemente did?
Kick them out of the Big Ten ...lol"The lawsuit alleges MSU knew about Nassar's behavior before and during his employment, and took no action to prevent alleged abuse, and that MSU had no system in place to prevent the alleged abuse from occuring."
"According to the lawsuit: After Lopez told an MSU trainer she was touched inappropriately during an initial visit, the trainer told her the treatment was legitimate and defended Nassar as a world-renowned doctor. Nassar continued to sexually assault the victim in subsequent visits, according to the lawsuit, and when a higher-ranking trainer was told what Nassar was doing during treatment, Lopez was told to speak with a supervisor. The supervisor said Nassar's conduct wasn't sexual abuse and again touted Nassar's status as a prominent doctor.
None of the reports Lopez made about Nassar's conduct prompted a report or investigation by the university, according to the lawsuit."
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/.../12/21/msu-nassar-sued-sexual-abuse/95698744/
"Stupid" would be an appropriate handle.Uh, didn't Simon issue a statement in August 2012?
Uh, didn't Simon's administation know of complaints since?
Uh, didn't Simon's Title IX office have complaints by 2014?
Please pay attention - and I will have to ask you again, if you're going to comment on threads dealing with sexual abuse - can you at least be a bit more sensitive and CHANGE YOUR STUPID HANDLE.
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Ken Fineberg and his shell game is a compensation mechanisms that is far from fair. First the truth is an assumption based on little fact. There is no proof that Paterno, Spanier, Curley or Shultz erred. There is no proof that the Penn State BOT didn't. The Second Mile was never vetted or held responsible.The State was never in the compensation for it's failure to act in 1998. Fairness occurs when all parties are considered and treated fairly, when all parties share responsibility for the truth. Mediation is not fair particularly when Ken Fineberg is involved. The 9/11 settlements were substantially greater for victims than responders. Greater than those who died in the line of duty in the military in combat ($250,000) All parties share. I feel badly for any real victims but life is not fair and no amount of money will serve to make someone emotionally whole. Believing otherwise is a rationalization. Grand Jury, Trial, real damages, not punitive damages. It reminds me of medical maloccurance. No its not always malpractice. It is not gross negligence any more just bad outcomes, just informed consent. It is the deep pockets and the principles of some one must pay. Please all you trial attorneys out there, save your breath, you are not the cause of better practice and outcomes. You are compensated because of a strong Trial Lawyers Association and your control of the Democrat Party. I worked long and hard for real tort reform. Just maybe with a Republican House, Senate and President it will finally happen. Also I'm sure Ken Fineberg is working Pro Bono. By the way in 30 years of practice I was never sued and have a long track record in defense testimony and in MedMal legislation. It was not because I never had a bad outcome. It was because I communicated to my patients better than many.Read the Penn State system of reform...outlined in red half way through the article. Just amazing that this writer has sheep skins of elite educators, but writes PSU into her articles evidently with little research. So, the "best SOL reform is paying without vetting the accusers"...the Penn State Playbook.
Timothy Dolan Implements the Penn State Playbook for Child Sex Abuse Victims: The Best Argument Yet for SOL Reform
7 Oct 2016
Updated: 7 Oct 2016
Marci A. Hamilton-profile
Admitting that the clergy sex abuse crisis still dogs the New York City Archdiocese, Timothy Cardinal Dolan has announced an Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Commission. This move is right out of Penn State’s playbook for dealing with the Jerry Sandusky victims, and it is a good one for some. But it cannot be the final word on justice for the sex abuse victims in New York state.
Cardinal Dolan’s Record on Justice for Sex Abuse Victims Is Mixed
Cardinal Dolan has a mixed record on justice for sex abuse victims, to put it mildly. He is the only bishop I know of who personally testified against statute of limitation (SOL) reform, which he did while he was Archbishop of Milwaukee. I know because I was there. With a straight face he told lawmakers that the diocese would become “bankrupt” if the SOLs were revived for victims from the past. In the thrall of his presence and his earnest manner, the legislative panel abandoned its previous plans and shelved reform. Unlike Dolan, most bishops have handed over the responsibility of lobbying against access to justice for the victims to their paid lobbyists.
Dolan was not kidding about the Milwaukee diocese going into bankruptcy, though he didn’t mean that the diocese would have no assets; in fact the diocese did not wait for SOL reform. He just meant it would take advantage of federal bankruptcy law to avoid paying victims. With fewer than a dozen lawsuits filed, the diocese filed a federal bankruptcy action.
He was the mastermind in Milwaukee of the attempt to move over $50 million from general funds to a so-called “cemetery trust” that the diocese hoped could not be touched by the victims. The victims, who were transformed under federal bankruptcy jargon into “creditors,” objected to the cemetery trust on the ground it was a fraudulent trust. Therefore, the funds should have been available to compensate them. Dolan’s cynical cemetery trust move resulted ultimately in lengthy judicial proceedings in which the Seventh Circuit ultimately held that there was no right to religious liberty in such a trust and, even more, that fraud should not be eligible for a religious liberty theory. This was a great ruling, but did little for the victims.
The victims paid the price for Dolan’s maneuver against them and the ensuing lengthy litigation They were dragged through years of litigation during the diocese’s voluntary federal bankruptcy, only to receive little in compensation at the end. Many to this day have every right to condemn the legal system that made this scenario possible.
Dolan Is Promoted to Archbishop and Then Cardinal of the New York City Archdiocese and Digs in Against the Victims
In apparent recognition of his signal achievements keeping victims at bay, Dolan was promoted to the New York City Archdiocese, which has been the most opaque diocese in the United States on these issues for three reasons. First, New York is the worst state in the United States for justice for child sex abuse victims, with statutes of limitations that can shut victims out of the legal system by age 23. The New York legal system keeps victims out of court.
Second, it is the second-largest diocese in the country, and so it has proportionally the second-largest number of victims in the country. California made sure the largest Archdiocese in the United States, Los Angeles, was brought to justice, as I discuss here. But to date the New York legislature has dragged its heels on justice for all victims in the state. With the short SOLs, we know less about clergy sex abuse in New York City than anywhere else in the country.
Third, neither New York City District Attorneys nor the New York Attorney General’s office ever took the courageous step of calling a grand jury to investigate the many clerical sexual predators in their midst, which aided and abetted the secrecy that has enrobed the New York City Archdiocese.
Cardinal Dolan arrived in New York, and picked up where his predecessor, Edward Cardinal Egan, left off, paying lobbyists top dollar to block any attempt by survivors to obtain justice through the legal system. He led the New York state bishops on a crusade of resolute defiance of their responsibility for the suffering of so many. Until now.
Cardinal Dolan Pivots Toward the Survivors with an Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Commission
Having defeated the Child Victims Act every year he has been in New York, and again in 2016, many believed that Dolan would continue his crusade against the victims. But lo and behold, he announced the Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Commission. Given the preceding history I fully understand the anger expressed by many survivors and organizations in response to Dolan’s announcement. Let’s just say he has built a trust deficit.
I actually think it is a positive step forward, though no panacea for the justice deficit across New York state.
This does appear to be an independent commission, because it is offering mediation and compensation under the guidance of Ken Feinberg, who has hammered out settlements in numerous contexts including the 9/11 fund, the Boston Marathon fund, and Penn State fund for Jerry Sandusky victims. I witnessed how he made decisions in the Penn State cases, where he was tough but fair. That was a system, guided by him, where survivors with strong and even imperfect cases were able to obtain meaningful justice. The latter victims would have been torn apart in the justice system, even though they desperately needed justice as much as those with stronger cases.
Most importantly, he has obviously hammered out an arrangement with Cardinal Dolan where his decision is final, and the program is overseen by a panel of unquestioned integrity, including federal Judge Loretta Preska, former New York Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly; and a Columbia University child psychiatrist, Dr. Jeanette Cueva. In addition, there is no cap on the fund, as Dolan tried in Milwaukee, and the funds are being provided by loans (which the Archdiocese can certainly obtain given its deep property ownership).
So why is this good news for some victims? Not every survivor has the wherewithal to survive and thrive in the legal process. This is an alternative route to compensation for the injuries inflicted by the Archdiocese’s practices that empowered pedophile priests. There are also plenty of victims who need their own church to do right by them, though they would never sue their mother church. Mediation is the justice of our times in the vast majority of cases, and so it is not per se wrong in this context.
This system also requires reporting to law enforcement and so this is not solely an internal, secret system. Some trial lawyers will object that this system—without discovery—will not uncover enough, but I would posit that those survivors who would take advantage of such a system may well not have been able to pursue the hard-charging litigation that produces such discovery. Moreover, at the very least, their perpetrators will no longer have the cloak of secrecy they currently probably wear. As a more efficient and private path for those survivors who would not choose the legal system, it is rightfully good news.
What Cardinal Dolan’s Compensation Commission Cannot and Does Not Do
This move highlights how few New York victims Dolan could help if he wanted to. This Commission is irrelevant for the majority of New York victims, who were abused in the home or by a close family associate, or the Boy Scouts, any sports organization, or the private schools like the Emma Willard, Horace Mann, or Poly-Prep schools, and on and on. Nor does it make a dent in the harm done to victims from the public schools system. Child sex abuse is a scourge in our culture, not the special province of the Catholic Church. Though even if it were, this Commission still doesn’t cover any of the other seven dioceses in the state.
With this Commission and his words, Dolan has conceded that there continues to be a serious problem created by the denial of justice for so many victims. He is further publicly saying that until he addresses that, he cannot move out from under the cloud of the clergy sex abuse scandal. For those who would like to believe that these issues are in the past, now a Cardinal has in no uncertain terms told you that you are wrong. He is correct on this point: justice delayed and denied exacerbates the trauma of abuse, which can and often does exist for a person’s lifespan.
New York SOL Reform Is Needed More than Ever
The shortcomings of this Commission as compared to the needs across New York state underscore how much New York lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo need to act now to open the way to justice for child sex abuse victims. In addition to being irrelevant to the vast majority of victims in the states, the Commission does not do anything for those survivors who want their day in court to right the wrongs done to them. Those strong enough to endure the rigors of the legal system should not be forced into Dolan’s system but given an opportunity for civil justice. When you add all the other victims in the state to those who seek civil justice even with respect to the New York City Archdiocese, there is much left to be done.
So I applaud Cardinal Dolan’s creation of this Commission, with its independence, its strong mediator in Ken Feinberg, and its credibly independent oversight committee. It is thoughtful and perhaps, after we see how it actually operates from a victim-centered perspective, a model for other dioceses and organizations.
It is no substitute, though, for New York lawmakers to do the right thing for victims. They have two separate categories of victims to consider: (1) those who were abused in the past and shut out of justice by thoughtlessly short SOLs, and (2) those currently being abused. They need to revive the expired SOLs for the first, and to eliminate, or at least extend, the civil and criminal SOLs for the second.
Cardinal Dolan is trying to remove some of the victims from that legal process, which should be their choice. Good for him and hopefully for them. Yet, he should no longer be permitted to dictate New York statutes of limitations for all those survivors he obviously cannot help or who do not want his help.
It’s your move, New York.
From Dec 23. Pray for the victims at Michigan State. Guest predicts that there are over a thousand of them.
FWIW I spoke with a lawyer involved in this case. The IndyStar will be earning a Pulitzer for its Investigative Reporting on this story.
Imagine that.
And we get Miss Ganim - who is doing what exactly?
You're gonna pi$$ Grant Green off. Just sayin'.msu is a playground for sexual abuse. It's disgraceful that everyone in the university community could cheer for their sports teams while knowing that this was going on.
The place should be burned to the ground.
You're gonna pi$$ Grant Green off. Just sayin'.
It will still get no airtime on ESPN.37k images and videos? Just wait until they find the real damning evidence like the lists of gymnasts with their contact info. Then they'll really have him.
Jim Clemente is just another paid whore. Sorry.It looks like an investigative series is being done on Nassar, MSU, Clery Act compliance, assaults on campus.
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/...ual-assault-harassment-larry-nassar/94993582/
The sad thing in all this - Jim Clemente put out a responsible report that B1G member Universities could have taken back with them and applied to their campus. Instead, they chose to run with Louis Freeh's narrative.
What a shame.
Hardly. Someone needs to esplain (preferably in Ricky Ricardo accent) how what he did was anything different than what freeh did.O.K., John.
Yeah, Clemente is your problem, but JZ is s Saint!!!! LOLJim Clemente is just another paid whore. Sorry.
Lou Anna Simon is STILL the president at MSU. She has been noticeably silent regarding the allegations of misconduct at her university - allegations of which she was aware but did nothing to investigate. Well, aside from having some guys who were friends of the alleged perpetrator look into it. They couldn't possibly be biased, could they?MSU's former President wanted our head on a spear. Those in glass houses should not throw stones.