“It is negating everything that they stood for to say ‘there's something secret in the documents that we can't reveal because we're protecting survivors.’” “156 of our children stood up in court and told their stories, so that this would not happen again,” Von Frank said. Valerie Von Frank, the mother of a Nassar survivor and president of survivor advocacy group POSSE, called Vassar’s argument “another strawman” and a “betra yal.” When asked if she’s heard that concern from any survivors, Vassar said she hasn't, but that she can’t “speak to all s urvivors.” When asked if the board would reconsider complying with the attorney general’s request after the final litigation is settled, Vassar said that isn’t a given, arguing that releasing the documents could “retraumatize survivors” and viola te their privacy. A university spokesperson did not answer questions on the financial significance of the remaining disagreement. If a settlement isn’t reached, MSU and that insurer will resolve the dispute in a jury trial beginning on Oct. Today, the legal battles with all but one of those insurers are resolved. The insurers have argued that MSU’s failure to act on reports of Nassar’s abuse leave the university outside its policies and on the hook for the settlement. The board has long withheld these records. In March 2021, under the leadership of then-chair Dianne Byrum, the board privately agreed to invoke attorney-client privilege over the documents, citing then-ongoing legal disagreements with 12 of the university’s insurers regarding a $500 million settlement to Nassar survivors.
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