EAST LANSING, Mich.— A former medical school dean at Michigan State University was ordered to trial Tuesday on criminal charges that grew from the investigation of disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar.
Two women, including a current medical student, told a judge about sexual harassment by William Strampel, including bawdy talk about sex and nude photos and a groping incident. Investigators found about two dozen sexually explicit photos and videos on his campus computer and a hidden camera in his office.
Strampel, 70, was dean of the osteopathic medical school until December. He continues to collect a salary while Michigan State tries to yank his tenure and fire him.
A medical student told Judge Richard Ball that she felt “trapped” in Strampel’s office as a conversation about a bad test score turned to nude photos.
“I was very scared. … Almost went into a survival mode as there was no one in the room with us. There was no one in the adjacent room,” the woman testified.
Another woman said Strampel firmly grabbed her buttocks at a scholarship dinner “like you would hold a baseball.”
The Associated Press is not naming the women at the request of prosecutors.
