The University of Michigan is facing a proposed class action by a former Wolverines football player who alleges a school doctor sexually assaulted male student athletes.
The complaint, filed in the Eastern District of Michigan, alleges the university violated its duty to protect students by allowing Dr. Robert Anderson to sexually assault thousands of athletes while employed by the university from 1968 until 2003.
It also alleges that the university learned as early as 1968 that Anderson was sexually assaulting students, but “ignored or suppressed” the complaints.
Other universities have been hit hard by similar accusations in recent years. ...
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