Investigation: University of Michigan failed to address reports about doctor who assaulted hundreds
By Amber Ainsworth
New investigation says University of Michigan had warnings of doctor s sexual abuse
An investigation into sexual assault allegations against a now-deceased University of Michigan doctor found that the school failed to address concerns about him.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (FOX 2) - An investigation into sexual assault allegations against a now-deceased University of Michigan doctor found that the school failed to address concerns about him.
According to a report detailing the investigation, numerous sources reported Dr. Robert E. Anderson s behavior to the university on multiple occasions, but the doctor remained employed by the school and continued working with patients.
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University of Michigan administrators knew about Robert Anderson s sexual assaults on athletes and students since the start of his tenure at the school in the 1970s, but did not act, causing decades of pain, a new report found. A senior University administrator was told about Dr. Anderson’s misconduct several times between 1978 or 1979 and 1981 but did not take appropriate action, the law firm WilmerHale wrote in a lengthy investigative report commissioned by the university and released Tuesday. Concerning information was also shared with other University personnel. Although the information these individuals received varied in directness and specificity, Dr. Anderson’s misconduct may have been detected earlier and brought to an end if they had considered, understood, investigated, or elevated what they heard.
Report on U of M s Robert Anderson details decades of sexual abuse, lack of school response
A report commissioned by the University of Michigan lays out a disturbing history of abuse to students and student-athletes at the hands of Dr. Robert Anderson that spanned decades at the school.
Posted at 3:19 PM, May 11, 2021
and last updated 2021-05-11 23:13:43-04
(WXYZ) â A report commissioned by the University of Michigan lays out a disturbing history of abuse to students and student-athletes at the hands of Dr. Robert Anderson that spanned decades at the school.
Some of the revelations included in the report may be disturbing to some readers.
Report: UM officials did not heed credible reports of abuse by Anderson
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More than two dozen University of Michigan employees were alerted to reports of sexually inappropriate behavior by former university Dr. Robert Anderson, reports that could have stopped the doctor who is accused of molesting more than 800 men, according to a
highly anticipated report released Tuesday.
The 240-page report, commissioned and paid for by UM, concluded Anderson sexually abused patients, 90% of whom were men, on countless occasions.
Anderson is the former head of University Health Service, and later, team physician for the college s Athletic Department. He worked for UM from 1966 to 2003. He died in 2008.
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FILE - This file photo, date and location not known, provided by the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan, shows Dr. Robert E. Anderson. A report released Tuesday, May 11, 2021, says staff at the University of Michigan missed many opportunities to stop Anderson, who committed sexual misconduct against hundreds of patients over decades at the school. (Robert Kalmbach/Bentley Historical Library University of Michigan via AP, File) May 11, 2021 - 6:08 PM
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) â Staff at the University of Michigan missed many opportunities to stop a doctor who committed sexual misconduct for decades with long-term consequences for hundreds of patients, including generations of student athletes, a law firm hired by the school reported Tuesday.