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Assault victims protest outside U-Michigan board meeting
September 28, 2021
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Protesters, including some of the hundreds of people who survived sexual abuse by a University of Michigan sports doctor, gathered outside a meeting of the school’s governing board Thursday and called for more accountability by campus leaders. Former football player Chuck Christian handed out T-shirts that read,…
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Survivors of late UMich athletic doctor Robert Anderson protest outside of regents meeting, saying ‘no one on campus should have to fear’
September 28, 2021
More than one hundred protesters gathered outside the Postma Family Clubhouse at the University of Michigan Golf Course Thursday, where the Board of Regents were meeting in person for the first time since March 2020. The crowd protested the University’s handling of allegations of sexual abuse against late University athletic doctor Robert Anderson and…
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University of Michigan board delays president’s review, gives 3% raise anyway
September 28, 2021
The University of Michigan Board of Regents, currently split over the performance of university President Mark Schlissel, delayed a routine public review of his past year for one month. However,  the board, without comment, gave him a 3% raise. They also were met with an emotional protest by sexual abuse…
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‘We’re no longer going to be silent’: Survivors of late U-M doctor’s abuse to attend regents meeting to demand answers
September 22, 2021
CLICKONDETROIT.COM — ANN ARBOR, Mich. – More than 800 former University of Michigan athletes have come forward accusing Dr. Robert Anderson of sexually abusing them during exams. Jon Vaughn is a former star running back for Michigan football and last played in 1990. He is one of the athletes who said Anderson sexually abused them. A…
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Bills would strip medical providers of license if found guilty of sexual misconduct
September 20, 2021
Michigan Radio — A bipartisan group of lawmakers is working to strip medical care providers of their license to practice if they’re found guilty of sexual misconduct under the pretext of treatment. The pair of bills are part of a response to allegations of sexual abuse against the late former…
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Spotlight Michigan Report
September 20, 2021
Spotlight Michigan Report 9.20.21 Detroit, MI breaks says lawmakers are also looking at opening 8 revival windows so more accusers of the late former University of michigan. Dr. Robert Anderson can come forward. Taking a look at traffic 9 94 westbound Haggerty rode crashes cleared us 23 remains closed between…
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Tensions between U-M regents, President Mark Schlissel may have reached a boiling point
September 17, 2021
Detroit Free Press — Tensions between the University of Michigan Board of Regents and President Mark Schlissel have been building for more than a year and may have reached a boiling point this summer, sources told the Detroit Free Press. The discontentment began around Schlissel's handling of the case of Martin Philbert —  who…
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The FBI failed Olympic gymnasts. What does that mean for everyone else?
September 16, 2021
WLFI — Simone Biles, Aly Raisman and McKayla Maroney won gold for the US in gymnastics but were ignored or dismissed by the country's justice system for too long before Larry Nassar, the predator volunteering as a doctor for USA Gymnastics and working at Michigan State University, was put behind…
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The FBI failed Olympic gymnasts. What does that mean for everyone else?
September 16, 2021
KAKE — Simone Biles, Aly Raisman and McKayla Maroney won gold for the US in gymnastics but were ignored or dismissed by the country's justice system for too long before Larry Nassar, the predator volunteering as a doctor for USA Gymnastics and working at Michigan State University, was put behind…
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Spotlight Michigan Report
September 10, 2021
Dr. Robert Anderson Lawsuit Report 9-10-21 Detroit, MI getting vaccinated and like many Americans, they say that they are pro vaccine an anti mandate many small businesses and workers do not have the money or the legal resources to fight Biden's unconstitutional actions the Dr. Robert Anderson scandal at the…
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