LANSING (MI)
ESPN
February 26, 2018
By Dan Murphy
The women who spoke up to help put convicted sexual predator Larry Nassar in prison are speaking again, this time in support of changes to Michigan laws that would make it easier to hold his enablers and future would-be abusers accountable.
Six women who say they were abused by the formerly celebrated sports physician for Michigan State and USA Gymnastics joined a host of state politicians Monday afternoon to introduce a package of proposed legislation related to reporting sexual abuse.
Rachael Denhollander, the first woman to publicly accuse Nassar of sexual assault in September 2016, said the proposed bills would take Michigan from one of the nation’s least victim-friendly states in the judicial process to one of the nation’s best at handling these cases.
“The legislative package unveiled today will become a blueprint for our country,” Denhollander said during a news conference at the state’s Capitol.
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