Ex-UM 公式の/役人 says he didn't do more to get doc off campus

DETROIT (AP) - A retired University of Michigan 行政官/管理者 told lawyers that he was furious to learn in the late 1970s that a doctor was sexually 乱用ing students, though he also 定評のある that he failed to 確実にする that Robert Anderson was kicked off campus.

Instead, Anderson in 1980 stepped 負かす/撃墜する as director of the university's Health Service but continued to see 競技者s and others until 2003.

Anderson's 監督者, Tom Easthope, recently was interviewed by lawyers who are 告訴するing the university over 乱用 that is 申し立てられた/疑わしい to have occurred over 10年間s. 部分s of his answers were 含むd in a 改訂するd 訴訟 とじ込み/提出するd Thursday in 連邦の 法廷,裁判所 in Detroit.

Easthope's 発言/述べるs are 重要な because many 公式の/役人s who have been (刑事)被告 of failing to stop Anderson years ago are 死んだ, 含むing longtime 運動競技の director Don Canham. Anderson died in 2008.

Easthope, who was associate 副/悪徳行為 大統領,/社長 for student services, said he was "furious" as he marched across campus to 解雇する/砲火/射撃 Anderson based on a 報告(する)/憶測 that he was "fooling around with boys." Students, 特に male 競技者s, have said Anderson 強襲,強姦d them with his 手渡すs during 決まりきった仕事 physicals and 傷害 exams.

Easthope said he 知らせるd his boss, Henry Johnson, who was 副/悪徳行為 大統領,/社長 of student services, about the 乱用 but that Johnson 明らかに "overrode" the 決定/判定勝ち(する) to 解雇する/砲火/射撃 Anderson. Easthope, now 87, said he didn't tell 地元の 当局 or 明言する/公表する regulators about Anderson.

FILE - This file photo, date and location not known, provided by the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan, shows Dr. Robert E. Anderson. A retired University of Mi
chigan administrator told lawyers that he was "furious" to learn in the late 1970s that Anderson was sexually abusing students. But the administrator also acknowledges that he failed to ensure that Anderson was kicked off campus. (Robert Kalmbach/Bentley Historical Library University of Michigan via AP, File)

FILE - This とじ込み/提出する photo, date and 場所 not known, 供給するd by the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan, shows Dr. Robert E. Anderson. A retired University of Michigan 行政官/管理者 told lawyers that he was "furious" to learn in the late 1970s that Anderson was sexually 乱用ing students. But the 行政官/管理者 also 認めるs that he failed to 確実にする that Anderson was kicked off campus. (Robert Kalmbach/Bentley Historical Library University of Michigan 経由で AP, とじ込み/提出する)

"So in retrospect, it doesn't sound very 許すing of me but I had to move on," he said. "I had a lot of things going on every day and, you know, I suppose you experience having to make a 決定/判定勝ち(する) and move on. I can't explain it any other way."

Easthope said he knew Anderson worked in the 運動競技の department but that the department was out of his "sphere of 影響(力)."

Asked about his 失敗 to do m 鉱石, Easthope said: "We live in a different time, and it's not like that today."

Anderson worked at Michigan from the 中央の-1960s through 2003. The university has 表明するd a 乗り気 to 補償する 犠牲者s with the help of a 調停者. But at the same time the school is 捜し出すing to have 訴訟s 解任するd because too many years have passed.

It 雇うd the WilmerHale 法律 会社/堅い to 調査/捜査する hundreds of (民事の)告訴s. A 報告(する)/憶測 from the 会社/堅い could be 解放(する)d in October.

Johnson 拒絶する/低下するd to comment when reached Thursday by The Associated 圧力(をかける).

He told 捜査官/調査官s that he couldn´t 解任する Easthope 報告(する)/憶測ing any problems with Anderson, によれば a police 報告(する)/憶測. In a 1980 覚え書き to staff, Johnson said he was "極端に 感謝する" for Anderson's leadership at the university's Health Service.

"Easthope´s 証言 確認するs that U of M´s most 上級の 行政官/管理者s were aware of Dr. Anderson´s 不品行/姦通 yet gave him 解放する/自由な rein to continue to 乱用" students, 弁護士/代理人/検事 Annika ツバメ said. "All these 犠牲者s deserve an 適切な時期 to 得る 司法(官) and create 継続している change to 妨げる this type of 乱用 from ever occurring again at U of M."

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