UMich. ex-athlete told of abuse: docs
Man shot in neck near school bus in B’klyn
A former University of Michigan student who reported in 2018 that a doctor at the school had molested him during medical exams decades ago says he complained at the time to his wrestling coach and the school’s athletic director about the sexual abuse, according to documents released Friday by the prosecutor’s office.
The student also recalled Dr. Robert E. Anderson being known as “Dr. Drop your drawers Anderson” by athletes in the 1970s, according to the documents released to The Associated Press by prosecutors who reviewed a campus police investigation of the allegations against Anderson.
The records summarize
A Brooklyn man was shot dead Friday while arguing with a rival, police and
The man, identified by neighbors and sources as Linton Brown, was arguing with another on Herzl St.in Brownsville about 10:20 a.m.
During the exchange, police interviews beginning in 2018 with multiple former students reporting sexual abuse by the doctor and people who worked with him at the university’s Health Service and athletic department.
Anderson was the director of the University Health Service from 1968 until 1980 and served as a team physician for various sports at Michigan until his retirement in 2003. He died in 2008.
The university’s president this week apologized to “anyone who was harmed” by Anderson. Mark Schlissel’s comment came a day after the school announced that it had launched an investigation into the doctor’s behavior following abuse allegations from five former patients. the gunman shot Brown in the chest, cops said.
Medics rushed Brown to Brookdale University Medical Center, but he could not be saved.
No arrests have been made.
A man was hospitalized early Friday after he was shot in the neck outside a yellow school bus in Brooklyn, police said.
The 28-year-old victim was found leaning up against the empty bus’ steps on Wortman Ave. near Van Siclen Ave. in East New York about 2:15 a.m.
The victim’s relative told police he was hanging out with the wounded man inside the bus a few minutes earlier, but left to grab some food at a deli nearby.
When the relative came back, he found the victim on the bus steps, bleeding from a gunshot wound to the neck, he told police.
Medics took the victim to Brookdale University Medical Center, where he was expected to survive.
No arrests had been made.
The bus is owned by Bella Bus Corporation. A spokesman confirmed that one of the two men was involved with the company, but didn’t know which one had been shot.
The spokesman declined to comment further, citing the ongoing police investigation.