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Appeal Planned In Klages Case

WKAR Public Media | By Scott Pohl
Published February 19, 2020 at 1:54 PM EST
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Kathie Klages and her defense team stand as the jury announces two guilty verdicts last Friday.

The attorney representing former MSU gymnastics coach Kathie Klages says she will appeal her conviction on two charges of lying to police.

Last Friday, an Ingham County jury found Kathie Klages guilty of one misdemeanor and one felony of lying when she told police that she had no memory of being told by two youth athletes that Larry Nassar was sexually molesting them in 1997.

Klages ran the Spartan Youth Gymnastics program at the time.

Sentencing is scheduled for April 15th. She faces up to four years in prison and fines of as much as $5,000.

Her attorney, Mary Fortier, tells WKAR News that Klages will appeal her conviction after the sentence has been handed down by Judge Joyce Draganchuk.
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Scott Pohl has maintained an on-call schedule reporting for WKAR following his retirement after 36 years on the air at the station.
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