LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 5:30 STARTS NOW! >> Karen: NOT JOHN DOE, HE COMES
>> Karen: NOT JOHN DOE, HE COMES
FORWARD AND WHY HE IS SPEAKING
OUT. JOHN VAUGHAN IS A FORMER STAR
JOHN VAUGHAN IS A FORMER STAR
RUNNING BACK FOR MICHIGAN
FOOTBALL LAST PLAYING IN 1990.
>> Jason: 30 YEARS LATER, A
FRIEND E-MAILED ABOUT THE
ALLEGATIONS AGAINST ANDERSON AND OPENED HIS EYES ON HIS OWN LIFE
OPENED HIS EYES ON HIS OWN LIFE
AND EVERYTHING CHANGED IN MARCH
OF 2020.
>> IT’S NOT LIKE THIS IS EASY
FOR ME TO TALK ABOUT.
BUT I FEEL IT’S NECESSARY. >> Jason: IT’S TAKEN JOHN
>> Jason: IT’S TAKEN JOHN
VAUGHAN MORE THAN A YEAR OF
INTENSE THERAPY TO UNDERSTAND
EXACTLY WHAT DR. ROBERT ANDERSON
DID TO HIM AND HOW MANY TIMES. >> AT FIRST, YOU KNOW, I
>> AT FIRST, YOU KNOW, I
REMEMBER THREE OR FOUR, AND THEN
IT WAS 12, AND THEN IT WAS 15,
AND IT WAS 20, AND THEN IT WAS LIKE -- NOW I’M UP TO SOMEWHERE
LIKE -- NOW I’M UP TO SOMEWHERE
BETWEEN 40-50.
>> Jason: 45-50 UNNECESSARY
GENITAL AND RECTAL EXAMS, SEXUAL ASSAULTS, REALLY, THAT HE
ASSAULTS, REALLY, THAT HE
REMEMBERS IN THE SAME WAY HE
REMEMBERED THE STEPS OF A
BLOCKING SCHEME.
>> I TAPPED BACK INTO THE RECALL OF AN ATHLETE TO PUT MYSELF IN
OF AN ATHLETE TO PUT MYSELF IN
THE VISCERAL SITUATIONS WHERE I
COULD SMELL DR. ANDERSON’S
COLOGNE AND I COULD FEEL HIS
BREATH. IT’S LIKE YOU’RE LIVING THE
IT’S LIKE YOU’RE LIVING THE
TRAUMA OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
>> Jason: HE IS ONE OF 850 OR SO
ATHLETES SUING THE UNIVERSITY OVER ANDERSON’S ABUSES AND WHO
OVER ANDERSON’S ABUSES AND WHO
KNOWS HOW MANY ARE STILL
STRUGGLING WITH THE EFFECTS,
INCLUDING ONE OF HIS BEST
FRIENDS AND FORMER TEAMMATES WHO IS NOW FIGHTING PROSTATE CANCER.
IS NOW FIGHTING PROSTATE CANCER.
>> LITERALLY, PEOPLE ARE DYING BECAUSE THE TRAUMA OF SUCH A BAD
BECAUSE THE TRAUMA OF SUCH A BAD
EXPERIENCE AND NOT UNDERSTANDING
IT, GUYS STOPPED GOING TO THE
DOCTOR.
AND IT WASN’T SITUATIONS WHERE THEY DIDN’T HAVE ACCESS OR
THEY DIDN’T HAVE ACCESS OR
INSURANCE, IT WAS A
SUBCONSCIOUS, THAT WAS
UNCOMFORTABLE FOR ME, I HAD NO
CONTROL OF MY LIFE. >> VAUGHAN GOES BACK TO THE
>> VAUGHAN GOES BACK TO THE
MIDDLE, GREAT MOVE.
>> Jason: HE STARTED THE SEASON
WITH TWO 200-YARD GAMES AGAINST NO-HITTER GAME AND UCLA AND HE
NO-HITTER GAME AND UCLA AND HE
WAS IN THE RUN FOR THE HEISMAN.
HE WOULD ENTER THE NFL DRAFT.
THE MOST PROMINENT MICHIGAN ATHLETE TO GO PUBLIC THUS FAR.
ATHLETE TO GO PUBLIC THUS FAR.
ORIGINALLY, HE WAS JOHN DOE 32
IN THE LAWSUIT BUT DROPPED HIS
ANONYMITY BECAUSE OF A
CONVERSATION WITH HIS LATE
MOTHER HE HAD 29 YEARS AGO ABOUT
HER ROLE FIGHTING IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
>> SHE MARCHED IN ONE OF THE
BIG -- THE LARGER MARCHES, AND SHE TOLD ME ABOUT THE POLICE
SHE TOLD ME ABOUT THE POLICE
DOGS AND SKIN BEING TAKEN OFF OF
PEOPLE’S BACK AND SHE CONCLUDED
BY SAYING, THIS WAS MY MOMENT TO
STAND FOR SOMETHING THAT WAS BIGGER THAN ME.
BIGGER THAN ME.
AND I WAS THE BABY OF THE
FAMILY.
AND, SHE SAID ONE DAY YOU’LL BE
FACED WITH SOMETHING THAT’S BIGGER THAN YOU, AND I WANT YOU
BIGGER THAN YOU, AND I WANT YOU
TO STAND.
SO... I MEAN, I HATE TO GET
EMOTIONAL ABOUT THIS, BUT -- >> Jason: IT’S YOUR MOM.
>> Jason: IT’S YOUR MOM.
>> IT’S MY MOM AND I JUST FELT
LIKE IT WAS THAT MOMENT THAT MY
MOTHER TALKED ABOUT 29 YEARS AGO, AND THEN THE MORE I DID IT,
AGO, AND THEN THE MORE I DID IT,
THE MORE I SPOKE OUT, THE MORE I
WOULD HEAR FROM OTHER PLAYERS IN DIFFERENT ERAS.
DIFFERENT ERAS.
AND I’M NOT OVERLY SPIRITUAL OR
RELIGIOUS, BUT I FEEL LIKE THERE
ARE MOMENTS WHERE GOD NEVER
CALLS THE EQUIPPED, HE EQUIPS THE CALLED.
THE CALLED.
AND THAT WAS MY MOMENT.
AND THIS IS MY MOMENT.
YOU KNOW.
I’M NOT JOHN DOE, I’M JOHN VAUGHAN.
>> Jason: ETOMORROW, HE IS
MEETING WITH MICHIGAN ATTORNEY
GENERAL DANA NESSEL ABOUT AN
EVEN DARKER PART OF THE ABUSE HE
ENDURED AT THE HANDS OF
ANDERSON. WE’LL TELL YOU HOW THAT AFFECTS
WE’LL TELL YOU HOW THAT AFFECTS
OTHER PLAYERS AND POSSIBLY MANY