I forgot about Brennan. She was one of uninformed media folks who wasn’t shy about spreading falsehoods. What about the guy who was also a NW grad? Bernstein I think? He was hypercritical of PSU and Joe. I wonder when he’ll be writing hit pieces on OSU, MSU, and UMich.
Michigan asks victims of sexual assault to come forward day after criminal investigation ended
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I forgot about Brennan. She was one of uninformed media folks who wasn’t shy about spreading falsehoods. What about the guy who was also a NW grad? Bernstein I think? He was hypercritical of PSU and Joe. I wonder when he’ll be writing hit pieces on OSU, MSU, and UMich.
40 victims at UM isn't even half of the number of victims at Ohio State. Why are you pressing UM only? Both of these crime factories need to be held accountable or the people who have covered it up for decades will simply cover up future victims.
University of Michigan faces first lawsuit alleging sex abuse by doctor
Kim Kozlowski, The Detroit News
Detroit — The first lawsuit against the University of Michigan involving sexual abuse allegations against the late Dr. Robert E. Anderson was filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court by a former wrestler who claims the physician abused him on at least 35 occasions in the 1980s.
The anonymous plaintiff, who attended UM as an undergraduate from 1984-89 under an athletic scholarship, alleges Anderson "assaulted and abused (him) on at least 35 occasions, or 70 total acts of nonconsensual anal penetration and genital fondling."
"Several times while Plaintiff was a UM student seeking medical care, Anderson sexually assaulted, abused, and molested Plaintiff ... under the guise of medical treatment," according to the suit, filed on the former student-athlete's behalf by the Mike Cox Law firm in Livonia.
"UM is responsible for Plaintiff’s damages stemming from Anderson’s sexual assaults on UM’s campus, as UM placed vulnerable student athletes, like Plaintiff, in Anderson’s care despite knowing he was a sexual predator."
Anderson was director of the University Health Service who later became the team physician for the Athletic Department during a career at UM that lasted from 1968 to 2003.
Allegations of sexual abuse by Anderson, who died in 2008, began emerging him last month.
Many law firms have lined up to represent men with allegations against Anderson.
But the John Doe suit is the first to be filed against the university.
The complaint alleges Anderson began assaulting the former student in fall 1984 when he arrived on campus as a 17-year-old freshman and saw the doctor for a required exam for him to participate in the wrestling program.
“The assaults — including nonconsensual and digital penetration and genital fondling and manipulation — continued while he was an undergraduate student from 1984 to 1989,” according to the suit.
“While Plaintiff attended UM and participated on the wrestling team as an undergraduate, he saw Anderson approximately 10 times a year (or 50 times over the course of his career) for physicals, various medical issues, including mat herpes (a common skin condition for wrestlers), fractured nose (multiple times), a cyst, ankle and knee injuries, and common colds and flus," the complaint alleges.
Further, the lawsuit states: "Plaintiff files this case anonymously because of the extremely sensitive nature of the case as Plaintiff was a victim of sexual assault, and the suit will require disclosure of information 'of the utmost intimacy.' Plaintiff is therefore entitled to protect his identity in this public filing by not disclosing his name."
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/n...lawsuit-alleging-sex-abuse-doctor/4954759002/
Detroit — The first lawsuit against the University of Michigan involving sexual abuse allegations against the late Dr. Robert E. Anderson was filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court by a former wrestler who claims the physician abused him on at least 35 occasions in the 1980s.
The lawsuit is the first of 10 expected to be filed by former UM athletes who were allegedly abused by Anderson, according to David Shea of the Shea Law Firm in Southfield.
The suits will be filed individually in the next few days by former UM wrestlers, football and hockey players.
"We've got to get to the bottom of how a sexual predator was demoted by the university in 1980 from head of the University Health Service to become the sole physician for the athletic department," said Shea.
"UM knew that this doctor was abusing patients and they chose instead of terminating him to foist him on the athletic department and require its student athletes to see him, and we need to get to the bottom of that," he said. "Right now, U of M is not giving any answers on that issue. "
Shea said UM's offer of counseling and reports to its outside investigators is a distraction.
"It distracts from the real questions as to how this physician ever got into the athletic department, where he ... systematically sexually molested male student athletes."
The anonymous plaintiff, who attended UM as an undergraduate from 1984-89 under an athletic scholarship, alleges Anderson "assaulted and abused (him) on at least 35 occasions, or 70 total acts of nonconsensual anal penetration and genital fondling."
Former wrestler sues the University of Michigan over doctor abuse
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Daniel Murphy
A former University of Michigan wrestler filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday alleging the school ignored warnings that former team doctor Robert Anderson was sexually abusing his patients.
The anonymous plaintiff wrestled at Michigan from 1984 to 1989. According to the lawsuit, he first was violated by Anderson as a 17-year-old freshman, and Anderson continued to molest and grope him on a regular basis during the remainder of his time as a student-athlete.
"Not once did [plaintiff] see Anderson for issues related to his genitals or anus," the wrestler's attorney, Mike Cox, wrote in his lawsuit. "Yet most of the times that Anderson treated [plaintiff], Anderson required [plaintiff] to drop his pants, so Anderson could digitally penetrate [plaintiff's] anus and fondle [plaintiff's] genitals."
More than 100 others have contacted the University of Michigan in the past two weeks with complaints about Anderson. The university established a public hotline for calls about the doctor in late February on the same day that the Detroit News published the first public complaints made about him.
Anderson worked at the university from 1968 through 2003, including spending decades treating the school's athletes on the football and wrestling teams among others.
Tad Deluca, who wrestled for Michigan in the 1970s, said at a news conference last week that he alerted his former coach and former athletic director to Anderson's abuse in 1975. He said he was ostracized for raising his concerns and ultimately lost his scholarship and his spot on the wrestling team.
Wrestlers, football players, hockey players and other students not involved in athletics have also said they were abused by Anderson.
Deluca contacted current athletic director Warde Manuel by letter in 2018 to explain what happened to him during his time as a Michigan athlete. That letter eventually prompted a police investigation that found some former university employees missed warnings signs about Anderson. Prosecutors in Washtenaw County declined to press any charges, largely because Anderson died more than a decade ago.
University president Mark Schlissel apologized to all victims of Anderson in a statement last month. The school has hired a D.C.-based law firm to investigate how the university handled past complaints about Anderson.
"The university engaged a firm with deep expertise to conduct an independent, thorough, and unflinching review of the facts -- wherever they may lead," university spokesman Rick Fitzgerald said in a statement last week. "Through the work of this independent firm, there will be a full, public accounting of the harms caused by Anderson as well as the institutional failings that allowed him to keep practicing."
Deluca said he was sexually assaulted by Anderson when he visited him for an elbow injury. The anonymous plaintiff said in Wednesday's lawsuit that Anderson made him drop his pants and digitally penetrated him when he visited the doctor to get help with a cut on his arm.
The lawsuit says the plaintiff is seeking compensation as well "other declaratory, equitable, and/or injunctive relief, including, but not limited to implementation of institutional reform and measures of accountability to ensure the safety and protection of young athletes and other individuals."
Parker Stinar, an attorney who represents Deluca and at least 12 other clients, scheduled a news conference Wednesday evening to share information about his recent discussion with Michigan officials. Stinar has not yet filed a lawsuit on behalf of his clients.
A trio of law firms that represented hundreds of victims in the Larry Nassar sexual assault case at nearby Michigan State are also planning a news conference for later this week.
https://www.espn.com/college-sports...restler-sues-university-michigan-doctor-abuse
Now that the ball is rolling downhill into ann arbor, let’s see if more athletes come forward with lawsuits. Ten likely is just the start.
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Now it's a societal problem and it was taboo. It was society that allowed this.
They set us all on fire.
They set us all on fire.
So tessmer knew and did nothing but continue to cheer michigan on to third-place finishes and bowl losses. tessmer is an enabler. It’s his fault.
IT'S JUST A SOCIETAL PROBLEM NOW. *SHRUG* WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? REALLY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MICHIGAN SPECIFICALLY.
Freep with an article today: What doctors who assault students have in common.
It used to be the commonality was that MSU and OSU were evil. Now it's that they are doctors. What's an innocent university supposed to do when these predators are cloaked as healers?
Campus doctors who abuse athletes use their access and power
David Jesse, Detroit Free Press
What doctors who assault student have in common
Freep with an article today: What doctors who assault students have in common.
It used to be the commonality was that MSU and OSU were evil. Now it's that they are doctors. What's an innocent university supposed to do when these predators are cloaked as healers?
Campus doctors who abuse athletes use their access and power
David Jesse, Detroit Free Press
What doctors who assault student have in common
Sexual Abuse Investigations At Michigan. What's Happening, What Questions Need To Be Asked
By: CollegeFootballNews.com | 6 hours ago
A wrestler at the University of Michigan in the 1970s, Deluca alleged back in 1975 that he was improperly touched and abused by then-University of Michigan physician Dr. Robert E. Anderson during an examination for an injured elbow.
At the time, Deluca sent a letter to then-wrestling coach Bill Johannesen to describe the allegations, his letter was later read by then-Athletic Director Don Canham, and soon was no longer on the wrestling team and had his scholarship taken away.
Since then, more than 100 allegations and complaints have been filed against Anderson, and now Michigan is having a press conference for some of the alleged victims to speak out.
“I don’t think there’s a same story when it pertains to sexual abuse,” Stinar said. “What I believe we feel very confident about is Dr. Anderson was a very, very bad man. He took advantage of individuals and he was a manipulator, especially with young individuals who were at a stage in their life that they were away from home for the first time. That up until that point, all medical appointments were with their parents, and they’re in a situation where the university provided them Dr. Anderson. And the university told them they could trust Dr. Anderson and what he was going to do.”
Nimmo said a number of clients have indicated that many at the time knew about Dr. Anderson.
“I wouldn’t say every one of our clients have said that, but a lot of them have,” Nimmo said.
“Including coaches, athletic directors and officials of the school,” Sloane interjected.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...doctor-building-sexual-abuse-case/4951724002/
Nimmo said a number of clients have indicated that many at the time knew about Dr. Anderson.
“I wouldn’t say every one of our clients have said that, but a lot of them have,” Nimmo said.
“Including coaches, athletic directors and officials of the school,” Sloane interjected.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...doctor-building-sexual-abuse-case/4951724002/
Epidemic. Burn it all to the ground.
Cop sues UM-Dearborn, claims retaliation over sex crime probe
George Hunter, The Detroit NewsPublished 6:36 p.m. ET March 3, 2020 | Updated 6:42 p.m. ET March 3, 2020
Dearborn — A University of Michigan-Dearborn police officer filed a whistleblower lawsuit Tuesday claiming the school retaliated against him for exposing what he claimed was a cover-up of a student's allegation that an instructor had sexually assaulted her.
The 27-page lawsuit filed in federal court further alleges UM has "systematically turned a blind eye to faculty sexual misconduct."
William Elliott Ashford was suspended for 10 days in January for sharing his concerns about the school's handling of the allegation with The Detroit News. The lawsuit claims the retaliation is a violation of the federal Title IX law.
Cop sues UM-Dearborn, claims retaliation over sex crime probe
George Hunter, The Detroit NewsPublished 6:36 p.m. ET March 3, 2020 | Updated 6:42 p.m. ET March 3, 2020
Dearborn — A University of Michigan-Dearborn police officer filed a whistleblower lawsuit Tuesday claiming the school retaliated against him for exposing what he claimed was a cover-up of a student's allegation that an instructor had sexually assaulted her.
The 27-page lawsuit filed in federal court further alleges UM has "systematically turned a blind eye to faculty sexual misconduct."
William Elliott Ashford was suspended for 10 days in January for sharing his concerns about the school's handling of the allegation with The Detroit News. The lawsuit claims the retaliation is a violation of the federal Title IX law.
"Standing with him will be several survivors of Larry Nassar, and victims' advocates."
Why are they mixing in Nassar victims?
So listening to the Michigan AG's news conference makes it pretty clear that The University has refused to cooperate with any investigation by her office. I can't even imagine what the nationwide outrage would have been had this happened at PSU.
And this is why Sue made a grave mistake in settling with the BOT, since they are the reason Joe's name keeps getting mentioned like that.
I realize um has never had anyone important like JoePa, but it's still amazing that the general public doesn't care about what went on at um. Of course, no one cared about msu or Tosu either.
Never in the history of civilization has a governing body of any institution plotted its (in this case PSU) demise. The OGBOT represented the quintessential 5th column. UM, MSU and OSU actually have trustees that are protecting their universities interests. Ironically, unlike PSU, the other institutions, covered up criminal activity.
The first one through the door always gets bloodiest. That could be why they manufactured the story and sacrificed PSU and JoePa, It's not like they ever really liked us or anything.
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