Larry Nassar says he didn't authorize his attorney's comments on victims

Larry Nassar's attorneys Shannon Smith and Matt Newburg talk after the sentencing for Larry Nassar in Grand Rapids on Thursday, Dec. 7. Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal

(Photo: LSJ file photo)LANSING - Larry Nassar, the disgraced former MSU and USA Gymnastics doctor, released a statement in an effort to distance himself from comments made by one of his attorneys.

In an interview with WWJ Newsradio 950, attorney Shannon Smith said a "huge part" of her doesn't believe that Nassar sexually abused the more than 250 women and girls who have now come forward to say that he did.

"There were girls who had perfectly normal lives that never questioned the medical treatment done by Larry Nassar —…