Top 10 things you need to know about the Larry Nassar scandal

Larry Nassar at his February sentencing hearing in Eaton County, Michigan

#4 - Birds of a feather flock together (continued)

These new guidelines included the following information, according to ESPN's Dan Murphy.

"The guidelines included that Nassar should explain fully what he was doing before touching patients near their genitalia or other private areas, that he should avoid skin-to-skin contact whenever possible, and that a chaperone should be present during any such treatment."

Larry Nassar did not adhere to these new guidelines, and William Strampel never checked, either.

In September of 2016, Rachael Denhollander became the first person to publicly accuse Nassar or sexual assault when she took her story to The Indianapolis Star. Tim Evans, a reporter from The Indianapolis Star, proceeded to e-mail Nassar to inform him that he wanted to ask him a few questions.

When Strampel found out about Evans's e-mail to Nassar, e-mailed him the following message:

"Good luck. I am on your side."