FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JUNE 18, 2021
CONTACT: Autria Lindsay (202-322-4401)
NEW RADIO AD RELEASED: MICHIGAN OFFICIALS PROTECTED THE ABUSER
"The University of Michigan was supposed to have the highest standards – but they’ve been keeping a terrible secret."
ANN ARBOR - Listeners in Lansing and Detroit, MI are now hearing a new radio ad just released by Spotlight Michigan. The ad, running now until July 6, highlights how University of Michigan officials had multiple opportunities to fire Dr. Robert Anderson following numerous complaints by Wolverine athletes and students of rape, sexual assault, and sexual abuse. Instead, they promoted and protected a serial rapist.
Click the image above to hear "Betrayed."
Today Spotlight Michigan Spokesperson Autria Lindsay released the following statement in regards to the new ad:
"The concerted coverup that happened by University of Michigan team leaders and administration officials is absolutely unacceptable and Michiganders should demand change so that it never happens again. The parents of these students entrusted university leadership to protect their children and keep them safe. Instead, those same officials protected Dr. Robert Anderson, a serial rapist; it's they were held accountable. We want to make sure those residents in Lansing and Detroit know how the school prioritized a predator over the safety of their children."
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Click here to watch "Number 1"
Click here to watch "Betrayed"
Click here to see the billboards recently put up in Ann Arbor.
Click here to read the WilmerHale report.
SCRIPT:
The University of Michigan was supposed
to have the highest standards – but they’ve been
keeping a terrible secret.
For decades, school officials knew that team
Doctor, Robert Anderson was sexually abusing
Wolverine athletes.
Over 800 victims described a predator…
molestation… and sexual abuse… but Anderson
wasn’t fired… wasn’t prosecuted.
Michigan officials chose instead to protect the
abuser.
It’s Time we exposed the Big Lie in the Big House.
Paid for by Spotlight Michigan, LLC
Spotlight Michigan is committed to exposing these crimes and providing a voice to the community of victims, families, friends, and University of Michigan alumni that demand accountability from the University for its failure to put students before predators. It is also imperative that protocols and procedures be updated and improved to ensure such systemic failures that allowed for both the abuse and the cover-up never happen again.
To learn more about Spotlight Michigan visit our website at www.spotlightmichigan.com
