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May 19, 2020

Lawsuit against University Of Michigan alleging decades of College doctor sex abuse against student athletes

The University of Michigan has been facing lawsuits amidst hundreds of allegations that the sports doctor employed in the mid 1960’s -2003, Dr. Robert Anderson, sexually abused student athletes while working there dating back to the 1970’s. The investigations began when campus police started looking into allegations against Dr Anderson that were brought to attention after a former student athlete wrote to the athletic director in 2018 about being molested by Anderson during medical exams in the early 1970’s. Dr Anderson was the University Doctor from the mid-1960s through 2003. He died in 2008. The sexual abuse allegations against […]

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May 14, 2020

Ohio State university to pay out $42 Million in settlements for sex abuse by School Doctor

Friday Ohio State University announced that 162 men will receive a payout of $40.9 million as a settlement for lawsuits against Richard Strauss, a longtime athletics doctor at the school, for sexually abusing them when they were students. The investigation began in 2018 amid allegations against Strauss who had worked-as a doctor at Ohio State University from 1978-1998 and committed suicide in 2005 at age 67. Throughout his entire tenure, Strauss abused students and administration “failed to appropriately respond.” The settlement was announced in March as part of a settlement to students who sued Ohio State University for its failure […]

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April 22, 2020

University Of Michigan Doctor accused of sexually abusing at least 40 African American Men when they were young athletes

A former doctor at the University of Michigan, who is now deceased, is accused in a lawsuit against University Of Michigan, of sexually abusing at least 40 African American men when they were young athletes at the University between 1968-2003. At least a dozen men have come forward to publicly to athletes former University of Michigan doctor Robert Anderson, of sexual assault while he worked at the University. The majority of the men who came forward were from vulnerable communities and depended on their athletic scholarships so they believed at the time they had no choice but to remain quiet […]

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April 20, 2020

Ohio State University Sex abuse scandal decades old unpaused

A federal judge moved forward on a lawsuit to proceed with possible settlements in the case against Ohio State University over sex abuse charges by a team doctor from over 20 years ago. Over 350 men and former athletes alleged abuse by Richard Strauss, the Ohio State University doctor, since deceased, and are suing the school for neglecting to stop the doctor despite accusations that they were aware of the concern of sexual abuse during his tenure, but the lawsuit has been on hold as the cases were in mediation. The details were not made public but Ohio State announced […]

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March 20, 2020

Lawyer with Corona Virus causes Mistrial for Sex abuse accused Doctor

The corona virus is affecting more people than originally thought, including a doctor accused of sexual abuse. Justice Ruth Pickholz, a Manhattan Judge, stopped the trial of Eric Braverman, accused sex abuser, after his lawyer showed up to the Manhattan Supreme Court with coronavirus symptoms such as coughing, fatigue and a high fever. His lawyer, Vogelman, tried to examine the defense witness from a speakerphone from a conference room on the 16th floor instead of appearing in the courtroom. He struggled to speak loud enough and experienced technical issues with the audio for anyone to hear. Justice Pickholz then […]

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