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ANN ARBOR, Mich. A report about the stunning lack of action at the University of Michigan while a rogue doctor was sexually assaulting hundreds of young men has cast an unflattering light at one of the school s giants, the late football coach Bo Schembechler, whose bronze statue stands on campus.
Schembechler, who led the team from 1969 to 1989, was vividly told by at least four people that Robert Anderson had molested them during routine physicals or other exams, according to the report commissioned by the university. Yet, the report says, he took no direct steps and even told one man to toughen up.
Easthope died in February.
“We express our unconditional support for and hope for the healing of the victims of Dr. Anderson, the Easthope family said in a statement to The Associated Press. “We believe that the WilmerHale report is problematic and scapegoats our father who, while dying of cancer, cooperated in every aspect of the investigation to ensure transparency for the victims of the events that happened over 40 years ago. He was not the final decision-maker at the university regarding Dr. Anderson’s continued employment and he had no say or participation in his eventual transfer to the the athletic department. Our father always stood up for the underdog and the marginalized. He should be remembered for his forthrightness in addressing this tragedy.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) â A report about the stunning lack of action at the University of Michigan while a rogue doctor was sexually assaulting hundreds of young men has cast an unflattering light at one of the school s giants, the late football coach Bo Schembechler, whose bronze statue stands on campus.
Schembechler, who led the team from 1969-89, was vividly told by at least four people that Robert Anderson had molested them during routine physicals or other exams, according to the report commissioned by the university. Yet, the report says, he took no direct steps and even told one man to toughen up.
Content warning: descriptions of sexual abuse.
Chuck Christian is dying of prostate cancer. He's 61 years old.
Christian came forward as one of Dr. Robert Anderson's many victims of sexual abuse over a year ago. By that time, he'd already outlived the terminal prognosis he received four years earlier. His story is devastating.
It was as much odd as it was alarming, then, when Christian started to find blood in his bodily fluids in the early 2000s. He begrudgingly made an appointment to get checked out. After a few tests, the doctor informed Christian that he needed a digital exam to make sure his prostate was functioning properly. Christian assumed that would mean some type of technological scan followed by images on a computer screen. Then the doctor turned to pull on a pair of gloves and lubricate his finger.
"Just hearing that glove snap, it was like, 'Oh, God, no,'" Christian said. "I just kind of freaked out. I said never again. So I left, a
A new report claims then-Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler was told about a school doctor s sexual abuse of student athletes in the late 70s and early 80s.