Larry Nassar Biography, Wife, Children, Family, Age & More

 Childhood and education

Larry Nassar was born Lawrence Gerard Nassar on August 16, 1963 in Farmington Hills, Oakland County, Michigan state, United States.His parents, Mary and Fred Nassar, are of Lebanese descent. He grew up with his brother, Mike

In 1978, at the age of 15, Larry Nassar began working as a student athletic trainer for the girls’ gymnastics team at North Farmington High School, Farmington Hills. Three years later, he graduated from the same school.

She received a varsity high school letter in women’s artistic gymnastics, in 1981, in recognition of her contributions to the team. In 1985, he graduated from the ‘University of Michigan’ with a degree in kinesiology, a scientific study of human and non-human body movement. While in college, he worked with his soccer team and track and field team.

Larry Nassar became a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine after graduating from the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1993.

From 1993 to 1996 he interned and completed his internship in family medicine, then known as the family practice, at the “St. Lawrence Hospital’ (later merged with ‘Sparrow Hospital’), Lansing, Michigan.

In 1997, Larry Nassar completed a primary care sports medicine fellowship.

Career

Highlights of Nassar’s sexual abuse

In 1992, while Larry Nassar was still in medical school, he sexually assaulted a woman.A popular gymnast who won an ‘Olympic’ medal said Nassar began sexually abusing her in 1994 and continued for 6 years. A parent brought Nassar’s offense to the attention of John Geddert in 1997, but Geddert did not act on it. Later, it also came to light that in 1998 Nassar had begun sexually assaulting his family friend’s 6-year-old daughter and did it every alternate week. The same year, an ‘MSU’ student complained about him to the university authorities, but they acted in Nassar’s favor. At the turn of the new millennium, another ‘MSU’ student reported his behavior to the university authorities, but this time too they turned a blind eye. Gymnast Rachael Denhollander was one of the first to accuse Nassar of sexual abuse. He had begun abusing her when, at age 15, she was treated by him for lower back pain in 2000. According to the charges against him in Ingham County, Michigan, one of the victims confessed about him to her parents in 2004 However, they have not taken any legal action against him. That year, she received or attempted to obtain pornographic pictures of children. Continue reading below In 2014, ‘MSU’ cleared him of any wrongdoing after a 3-month allegation of a recent college graduate who was sexually assaulted during her medical examination. All of these allegations were mentioned in investigative reports printed in the tabloid ‘The Indianapolis Star’ and various lawsuits and allegations followed after 2016. Michigan’s Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs suspended his medical license on January 24, 2017 , due to three complaints, disputes. On April 6, 2017, the department revoked his 3-year permit, with the caveat that he would have to pay $100,000 before reapplying.

Investigation and conviction