DETROIT (MI)
Detroit Free Press
August 19, 2018
By David Jesse
When she heard Jordyn Wieber give a victim impact statement during Larry Nassar’s sentencing in January, Becca Bovine was struck by how Wieber was summing up exactly how Bovine felt.
So Bovine told her parents and husband by text that she had also been sexuallyassaulted by Nassar, but wasn’t ready to talk about it. She and her family later attended morevictim impact statements and Bovine, now an adult, made oneherself in Eaton County court proceedings.
Now she’s among more than 50 womento file new lawsuits against Nassar and his employers, including Michigan State University, since the original wave of lawsuits was settled by MSU in mid-May. MSU officials said in a court filing Friday they have been notified by several others that suits are coming.
Bovine has a simple message for others who are still holding abuse by Nassar secret.
“There are hundreds of other people who will support you,” she said.
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