EAST LANSING, Mich. (WOOD) — Two Michigan State University trainers accused of knowing about Larry Nassar’s behavior years ago denied ever hearing he made athletes uncomfortable. 

That is according to interview notes 24 Hour News 8 obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request. 

In January, Target 8 learned Lianna Hadden and Destiny Teachnor-Hauk still work at the university despite being named among MSU personnel accused of enabling and turning a blind eye to Nassar’s abuse.

Thursday, the university confirmed the two are still employed. Neither have ever responded to requests for comment about the allegations, but the FOIA documents give insight on their stance for the first time.

According to a police report written by MSU detective Andrea Munford in January, Teachnor-Hauk told investigators “she has never had an athlete tell her that Nassar made them uncomfortable.”

She went on to say she would “usually be with Nassar when he was treating a patient” and take notes in their computer system. Teachnor-Hauk also said she “is not aware of anyone at MSU that uses intravaginal treatment.”

The problem with that statement: Nassar repeatedly justified his actions over the years by saying sensitive treatments were medically necessary for certain injuries, so how could his coworkers not know about it?

For instance, in 2004 when he was investigated by Meridian Township police and again in 2014 when he was investigated by MSU’s Title IX office.

The 2014 complaint was prompted by Amanda Thomashow. She has said she was old enough to know what Nassar was doing during her appointment was sexual assault.

At the time, Nassar told then-Title IX investigator Kristine Moore — who also still works for the university — that Thomashow’s account sounded like “standard operating procedure.”

According to an interview done with Teachnor-Hauk during the Title IX investigation, “she has never had a complaint about Dr. Nassar in 17 years and has no concern about him crossing a line between medically appropriate and inappropriate.”

That investigation resulted in two copies of the final report. One stated Nassar could become a liability and was sent to then-Dean William Strampel — who never enforced new protocols on Nassar and now faces his own criminal charges for sexual misconduct.

Hadden’s recall to investigators matches Teachnor-Hauk’s. 

In January, Munford wrote in her interview notes Hadden told her she “never saw anything ‘that [she] would consider inappropriate.'”

Hadden said athletes would call Nassar “the witch doctor because his techniques worked so well” but “she was not aware he was using internal techniques.”

She also stated she never received complaints about Nassar, according to the police report. 

These new documents are among more than 11,000 obtained through FOIA. 24 Hour News 8’s Lynsey Mukomel continues to go through them and will report any relevant findings.