Michigan lawmakers revive effort to nearly double sex abuse statute of limitations
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Michigan lawmakers are attempting to revive a bipartisan legislative effort to extend the state's statute of limitations for sexual abuse cases.
The new measures would allow victims of the late Dr. Robert Anderson at the University of Michigan and others additional time to bring lawsuits that have previously been barred by the statute of limitations. Government entities could not use the immunity defense if they knew or should have known of an accused’s prior sexual misconduct and failed to intervene.
In 2018, Michigan increased the statute of limitations to 28 years old following the conviction of Larry Nassar, who sexually abused hundreds of female athletes under the guise of medical treatment, including at Michigan State University.
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