EAST LANSING, Mich. — A new report is shedding light on former Michigan State University trustee George Perles' resignation last year.
Just days after Perles resigned in late November, MSU wiped out a nearly-$200,000 debt he owed the university, according to an investigation by the Detroit Free Press. The newspaper cites confidential donation records it obtained.
Sources told the newspaper that the directive came from then-interim MSU President John Engler, who stepped down last week after continued backlash over comments he made about Nassar survivors.
The debt that Perles, a former MSU athletic director, owed, was the remainder of $500,000 toward the cost of a $1-million plaza in front of the MSU football building.
Perles cited complications from Parkinson's Disease as his reason for stepping down from the MSU Board of Trustees.
