Magic Johnson (twitter photo)
Magic Johnson (twitter photo)
Basketball legend Magic Johnson, a Lansing native and Michigan State star in 1977-79, tweets strong messages Monday. He urges the university to fire employees who knew about sexual assaults on campus but did nothing about them.
The remarks come a week after 156 teens and young women spoke at a sentencing hearing for former MSU doctor Larry Nassar, who sexually assaulted patients. They also come as the university faced renewed criticism that it dealt improperly with sexual assaults by athletes.
If anyone was aware of the sexual assault happening to women on the MSU campus from the office of the President, Board of Trustees, athletic department, faculty & campus police, and didn’t say or do anything about it, they should be fired.
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) January 29, 2018
Cookie and I stand in support of the victims and their families as they embark on the road to recovery; and I support the movement to hold everyone involved accountable.
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) January 29, 2018
The roles of the new President, Board of Trustees, athletic department, faculty, campus police and students will be to work together to create new policies and procedures to ensure this never happens again.
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) January 29, 2018
As a Spartan, I love MSU and want to work with Coach Izzo, the administration, and the students to be a part of the solution in any way that I can.
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) January 29, 2018
Johnson, a point guard, left MSU after two seasons to join the Los Angeles Lakers in 1979 as a Round 1 draft pick. At age 58, he's now the team's president of basketball operations.
