New Lawsuit is First in Nassar Case to Allege Rape

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A new lawsuit takes allegations against former Michigan State physician Larry Nassar to a new level — rape — while claiming MSU police were reluctant to act in the face of the athletic department’s perceived authority.

According to a report at ESPN.com, Erika Davis was a 17-year-old field hockey player in 1992, when head coach Martha Ludwig recommended she see Nassar regarding a knee injury. Her lawsuit, filed Monday on the deadline for all new Nassar-related complaints, claims that during one appointment in the spring of 1992, Nassar performed a breast exam on Davis that included placing his hands and mouth on her nipples as another man videotaped the process. Davis then claims that a week later Nassar drugged her, and — in a moment of regained consciousness — she realized he was raping her.

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