A former Michigan State University athletic director and Title IX expert said Wednesday that investigators -- preferably from outside the university -- need to determine whether school officials reported a rape allegation that a former student says she made in 1992 against Larry Nassar.
In a federal suit filed Monday, former MSU field hockey player Erika Davis alleges that Nassar raped her and filmed the assault, and that when her coach complained about it, former athletic director George Perles intervened and covered it up.
Merrily Dean Baker, who succeeded Perles as athletic director in May 1992, said an inquiry is needed to determine whether Perles and field hockey coach Martha Ludwig reported the accusation of rape to MSU's Title IX office and whether there was an investigation.