FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUGUST 19, 2021 CONTACT: VICTIMS SPEAK: HIGHLIGHTING THE HYPOCRISY CAMPAIGN CALLS OUT REGENTS - VOLUME 4 Abuse Survivor Jarrod Bunch Demonstrates University of Michigan Regent Michael Behm's Blatant Hypocrisy Over the Handling of the Anderson Sexual Abuse Case ANN ARBOR - Former University of Michigan athletes, and sexual abuse victims, are taking aim at several Board of Regents members who have been hypocritical in their refusal to call for an investigation into the systemic breakdown of protocols that allowed for decades of sexual assault and rape by Dr. Robert Anderson, and the subsequent cover-up. Over the past two weeks, Spotlight Michigan released the first three videos in its "Highlighting the Hypocrisy" campaign, and featured former Michigan running backs Jarrod Bunch ('86-'90), Jon Vaughn ('88-'90), and Tight End Chuck Christian ('77-'80) to highlight the hypocrisy of current members of the Board of Regents when discussing sexual abuse of athletes while campaigning for their seats of the Board. This week, Jarrod Bunch highlights the hypocrisy of Regent Michael Behm, using his statements from 2014 about changing the campus culture to prevent sexual abuse: "IN 2014, WHILE CAMPAIGNING FOR HIS CURRENT SEAT ON THE UNIVERSITY "QUOTE - I think too many times in this day and age, people either consciously or "SO REGENT BEHM, NOW THAT YOU’RE IN THE POSITION TO FIX THIS, WHY "I’M JARROD BUNCH, FORMER UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ATHLETE, AND I’M Stay informed of the University of Michigan Regents' History of Hypocrisy at: https://umregenthypocrisy.com/ 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 |