In January 2018, a senior USC administration official complained to the chief health officer that he had been abused by Kelly when he was a student, attorney Kelly Van Aken said.
Larry Nassar, the former Michigan State University sports doctor as well as a doctor at USA Gymnastics, who is now serving decades in prison for abusing female athletes, including medal-winning Olympians.Īlthough USC received reports of alleged abuse by Kelly dating back at least to 2006, he remained in his job until 2018. The Kelly case may never have come to light if not for reports of the rampant sexual abuse by Tyndall and Dr. and that is really what makes it a unique story, but also a story that I think needs the attention." "Here we have this population that is both male and LGBTQ-plus. "There’s no population that’s immune from the reach of the damaging results of sexual misconduct," Kellogg said. One plaintiff who was born a male is now a female. In addition to the secret terms of the agreement, the Kelly case is unusual from other recent settlements involving sexually abusive university doctors because most of the plaintiffs - 76 of 80 - are LGBTQ, attorney Mikayla Kellogg said. The parties in the Kelly case issued a joint statement saying the terms were confidential. SUGGESTED: UCLA settles gynecologist abuse suit for $246M George Tyndall that resulted in payouts over $1 billion and an apology from the school’s president, no such disclosures or statements were made by USC in the Kelly case. Unlike settlements in the cases against Dr.