Funny how the story comes out the same day after Michigan and the press there sat on it for 2 years. Disgusting. They shouldn’t be allowed to field a team. Shut it all down #BoKnew
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Funny how the story comes out the same day after Michigan and the press there sat on it for 2 years. Disgusting. They shouldn’t be allowed to field a team. Shut it all down #BoKnew
Funny how the story comes out the same day after Michigan and the press there sat on it for 2 years. Disgusting. They shouldn’t be allowed to field a team. Shut it all down #BoKnew
Not a legal eagle.....but wouldn't there by a statute of limitations on these alleged crimes? I would assume these charges would end up in civil litigation? Honest question, if the alleged perpetrator is dead and crimes occurred decades ago, would there be possible criminal proceedings?Sounds like the prosecutor's office was in on the coverup too....
The allegations against Anderson became public Wednesday when The News published a story detailing Stone's account of the alleged assault by the doctor and numerous emails he exchanged with UM officials.
Stone reported his allegations to the university in August, and followed up Jan. 3, asking for his report.
Jesse Johnson, UM police records and evidence manager, told Stone he wouldn't get the report because it was under review by prosecutors, adding that the report is "extremely large and documents many other victims, and any release will have to be heavily redacted."
"That report could not be released until the Prosecutor's Office has completed its review," Johnson told Stone in an email.
Stone told the News one of the reasons he came forward was that he learned there were other alleged victims and he feared that the university and the prosecutor could keep the case open indefinitely, and no one would ever know about the allegations against Anderson.
"I want to reach out to all of the other men who were assaulted by this doctor and I want them to step forward, because we're stronger together," Stone said. "Only if they step forward in a public way can we guarantee the integrity of the case file."
On Wednesday, after Stone's story was published online, he said he got a call from UM police Detective Mark West.
Stone said West told him he did the right thing by contacting the media because it "forced the hand" of the prosecutor's office, and accusers needed an update.
"He said I was right in my assumptions that they were just sitting on it and not doing anything," Stone said. "They are now doing something. That can't undo what happened to me and the other men, so they have to have some sort of face-saving modus operandi in order to make themselves like they are doing something. That's what they have to do and it's what they should do."
Not a legal eagle.....but wouldn't there by a statute of limitations on these alleged crimes? I would assume these charges would end up in civil litigation? Honest question, if the alleged perpetrator is dead and crimes occurred decades ago, would there be possible criminal proceedings?
University of Michigan FOOTBALL PLAYERS among those sexually abused by Robert Anderson.
Pandora's Box has opened for business.Ann Arbor — An Olympic wrestler on Thursday accused a University of Michigan doctor of touching him inappropriately during medical exams at the school and said the physician’s reputation for such conduct was well known among his teammates.
Andy Hrovat, who competed for the U.S. in the 2008 Summer Olympics, told the Associated Press that the encounters with the late Dr. Robert E. Anderson happened during his freshman year in 1998.
“I would like to let people know that it’s OK to come out,” Hrovat said in an interview from his attorney’s office in Denver. “It’s OK to let your voice be heard.”
Hrovat is the first athlete to make public accusations against Anderson following complaints this week from at least six other people that the doctor sexually abused them decades ago.
The Detroit News first reported Wednesday that UM was investigating claims of sexual abuse by Anderson, a former director of the University Health Service who also spent years as a top physician for football teams by former coaches Bo Schembechler and Lloyd Carr. The university, The News reported, was alerted to the allegations against Anderson in July 2018.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/n...r-adds-abuse-allegations-um-doctor/111339196/
Jimmyisgod
February 21st, 2020 at 8:47 AM ^
They've already said they knew 19 months ago. Only reason the public knows right now is a victim went to the Detroit News. Guy had accusations 30 years before he retired. He worked for 30 years and had accusations from the start, to very late in his career. The fact we sat on this information for 19 months and the only reason we know now is because a victim went to the media is proof that we should not try to handle anything in regards to this internally right now. There is no containing this, doing the things now you should have done 19 months ago is the best path forward.
“Most didn’t speak up because they were concerned he wouldn’t clear them to play. And if you’re not cleared by the doctor, you lose your athletic scholarship. He had tremendous control. These at the time boys and young men were subjected to this stuff knowing that if they said anything, they were fearful he would retaliate.”
The only thing Ohio State fans care about is that it in no way impacts football. They tangentially care some about wrestling, basketball, whatever. They just want to paint themselves up and wear clown suits to watch their football team beat Rutgres like an assistant coach's wife.Hey, @marshall23: So when Strauss was abusing those OSU wrestlers, are you SURE he was not holding their very future over their heads like this?
Yes.Hey, @marshall23: So when Strauss was abusing those OSU wrestlers, are you SURE he was not holding their very future over their heads like this?