Year: 2020

One of the 53 men suing the University of Michigan for allowing Dr. Robert Anderson to sexually assault students spoke about his abuse at a July 31 news conference. The student, who is identified as John Doe 17 in the lawsuit, was a football play-by-play announcer at the university-owned radio station when he first saw…

On August 6, 2020, a federal judge ordered the University of Michigan to send the letter below to 300,000 alumni. The letter is intended to notify you of lawsuits against the school related to former athletic department doctor Robert Anderson.       Dear _________   On June 16, 2020, the University reached out to…

  * * * FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE * * * University of Michigan sued by 53 Dr. Robert Anderson survivors in a sexual abuse lawsuit filed by Estey & Bomberger, White Law PLLC, and The Simpson Tuegel Law Firm Athletic Director Don Canham failed to act on a report initiated by legendary football coach Bo…

According to an article published recently by The Detroit Times, The University of Michigan says it will issue a “non-privileged report” from a new law firm it has engaged to investigate claims of sexual abuse regarding the late Dr. Robert E. Anderson. This move has generated considerable push-back from advocates for the late doctor’s accusers. The investigation will be conducted…

It takes great courage to forward and publicly admit that you too are a survivor of sexual misconduct. But that’s precisely the action taken by the University of Michigan Board of Regents Chairman Ron Weiser. Like Jim Barahal and others with highly successful careers, Weiser is coming forward to share that Dr. Robert Anderson sexually…

The Detroit Free Press is reporting that Dr. Robert Anderson and the athletic department were tightly intertwined, according to information from archive research at the University of Michigan’s Bentley Historical Library. Documents show that in November 1968, a few months after Don Canham became the Athletic Director, Anderson recommended to Canham that all athletes receive a compulsory preseason physical…

Ou client Jim Barahal was a pre-med student at the University of Michigan when he went to the university’s health service in the mid-1970s for a sore throat. The visit didn’t go as expected: Jim was digitally penetrated by Dr. Robert E. Anderson, who was the health service director at the time. “I never forgot…

The University of Michigan’s sexual misconduct investigation into former athletic department team physician, Dr. Robert E. Anderson, is leading to comparisons with former Ohio State University team physician, Dr. Richard Strauss. The careers of the two team doctors crossed during the 1979-1997 time period. Both Dr. Anderson and Dr. Strauss were enabled by top university…

Many survivors of former University of Michigan Dr. Robert E. Anderson, and now clients of Estey & Bomberger, say that one reason they are coming forward is to make the University safer for current and future students. If you or a loved one were victims of Dr. Anderson’s sexual misconduct, please contact the U of…

More than 100 University of Michigan alumni are stepping forward, telling the university through a compliance hotline that they are survivors of Dr. Robert E. Anderson’s sexual misconduct. Dr. Anderson was the former director of University Health Services before he was fired for sexual misconduct and then rehired by the Athletic Department as the team…