An MLive/The Ann Arbor News archive photo of Dr. Robert Anderson in a medical examination room in 1999. About 1,200 people have accused the late University of Michigan doctor of sex abuse under the guise of medical care, according to a UM campus safety report in the fall 2021.MLive Media Group
ANN ARBOR, MI – The name Robert Anderson meant little two years ago outside of Ann Arbor and inner circles of the University of Michigan athletic department.
But Anderson’s name gained infamy in February 2020 when former UM wrestler Tad DeLuca went public in a letter to UM Athletic Director Warde Manuel about how Anderson sexually abused him in 1975. That first accusation grew from dozens to hundreds to more than a thousand former students and athletes over the next 22 months who claim Anderson digitally penetrated them in unnecessary rectal exams during physicals.
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