Ex-gymnastics coach wins appeal on Nassar-related conviction

By ANNA LIZ NICHOLS
Associated Press / Report for America

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An appeals court has overturned the conviction of a former Michigan State University gymnastics coach who was sentenced to jail for lying to investigators about her knowledge of sexual abuse complaints against Larry Nassar in the 1990s. The Michigan Court of Appeals judges didn’t determine that Kathie Klages had told the truth to investigators, but rather that her interviews were not crucial in a state investigation of how the university responded to allegations about Nassar. Klages has maintained her innocence throughout. Klages’ attorney, Mary Chartier, says they are “thrilled” that she “has finally been vindicated.”