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Engler: 'I apologize' for 'regrettable' email about Nassar victims

Interim Michigan State University President John Engler says he's "very sorry" for questioning the motives of victims of Larry Nassar, assertions that Engler made in an email to a university attorney that became public last week.

"I was wrong. I apologize," Engler's statement said. "When I started this interim position in February, it was never my intent to have an adversarial relationship with some of the survivors."

Engler has been under fire for a week over an email became public in which he accused Rachael Denhollander, the first Nassar victim to go public, of taking a "kickback" from plaintiff attorney John Manly.