The fallout from the Larry Nassar scandal continues.

A Michigan State University official who oversaw Nassar, the former MSU sport doctor who will serve the rest of his life in prison after molesting patients under the guise of treatment, is facing criminal charges.

William Strampel, who was dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine until late last year, was arraigned Tuesday with a felony, a high court misdemeanor and two misdemeanors. He allegedly touched a student inappropriately and stored nude photos of female students on his work computer.

He also told police last year he never followed up after ordering Nassar in 2014 to have a third person present when providing treatment to “anything close to a sensitive area,” The Associated Press reported.

Numerous girls and women have sued MSU, Strampel and other current and former university officials, USA Gymnastics and others in connection with the Nassar scandal.

Strampel’s arrest, though, marked the first time a person other than Nassar was charged in the sexual abuse case.

What makes the entire case particularly insidious is that apparently prior investigations of Nassar were insufficient, with a campus police probe of Nassar resulting in no charges being filed. A Meridian Township police investigation also resulted in no charges.

It is hoped authorities are taking a closer look at any person suspected of being involved in a criminal way in the Nassar case. However, one has to wonder how many people had knowledge of Nassar’s behavior, either at MSU or through USA Gymnastics.

There also appears to be a systemic problem at MSU, or maybe even the medical community in general.

In an SI.com article posted Monday, it was reported that In October 2016, two weeks after MSU fired Nassar, Strampel told a group of students and administrators that he did not believe Nassar’s accusers, according to a recent Wall Street Journal article.

“This just goes to show that none of you learned the most basic lesson in medicine, medicine 101, that you should have learned in your first week: don’t trust your patients,” Strampel said, according to a written account of the meeting obtained by the Journal. “Patients lie to get doctors in trouble. And we’re seeing that right now in the news with this Nassar stuff. I don’t think any of these women were actually assaulted by Larry, but Larry didn’t learn that lesson and didn’t have a chaperone in the room, so now they see an opening and they can take advantage of him.”

It must be noted that the Strampel case has to go through the legal system to try to determine his guilt.

However, who knows how many other Nassar-related cases will emerge?

We hope authorities continue to vigorously investigate these cases, much more than has been done in the past. It would send a strong message and keep predators away from potential victims.

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