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>> THIS IS TIM PAMPLIN IT IS
VIDEO EVERYONE IS TALKING
ABOUT.
THE TAKEDOWN BEHIND THE HEIST OF THE BENTLEY AT SOUTH I TAKE
OF THE BENTLEY AT SOUTH I TAKE
YOU BEHIND THE INVESTIGATION.
>> Kimberly: EASTERN MICHIGAN
UNIVERSITY ACCUSED OF COVERING
UP SEXUAL ASSAULT.
A LAWSUIT THAT ALLEGES THE
UNIVERSITY DID NOTHING TO STOP
THE SERIAL RAPIST ON CAMPUS.
>> Devin: WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH
SEVEN WOMEN MOVING FORWARD TO
POLICE SAYING THEIR DRINKS WERE
DRUG AND UPSCALE BIRMINGHAM CLUB.
AROUND THE ROSE ROOM THAT GOES
ITSELF IS A LUXURY ESCAPE.
>> Kimberly: A CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION IS UNDER WAY.
MARA McDONALD IS LIVE IN
BIRMINGHAM.
THIS ALL STARTED WITH A
FACEBOOK POST?
>> IT IS WE TALK TO THE WOMAN
WHO PUT THAT POST ON FACEBOOK
ABOUT WHAT SHE AND HER FRIENDS
EXPERIENCED ONE MISERABLE NIGHT
AT THE ROSEWOOD.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT POST POLICE
IN BIRMINGHAM HAVE OTHER WOMEN
COMING FORWARD SAY THEY HAVE
BEEN VICTIMIZED AS WELL.AKE
A LOOK.
>> THE ROSE ROOM IS A BASEMENT
HIDEAWAY ONLY OPEN A FEW DAYS A
WEEK AND PUSHES A PLUSH,
EXCLUSIVE FIVE.
A GROUP OF YOUNG WOMEN TO
CELEBRATE A BIRTHDAY ON MARCH
13. THE DRINKS, AND AN HOUR OR SO
THE DRINKS, AND AN HOUR OR SO
INTO THEIR EVENING THEY START
FEELING REALLY STRANGE.
>> Woman: MY FRIEND SITTING
NEXT TO ME DID NOT FINISH HER
ENTIRE FIRST DRINK AT ALL.
AND THAT IS WHEN SHE STARTED
FEELING ODD.
AND LOSING THAT, HER LEGS AND
ARMS TINGLING.
THAT IS WHEN SHE STARTED
BURNING OUT AS WELL.
>> SHE AND HER FRIENDS BECAME
VIOLENTLY ILL AND DISORIENTED
THE BLOCKS OF THE EVENING ARE
GONE.
AND THEY WERE SICK FOR DAYS.
> Woman: I WAS JUST LAYING ON
MY COUCH FOR THE NEXT FIVE
DAYS.
AND MY FRIENDS THEY COULD NOT
EVEN GET OUT OF BED.
FOR THE NEXT TO-3 DAYS.
>> Reporter: SHE SPOKE WHAT HAS
HAPPENED TO HER AND IT WENT
VIRAL.
AND THE BIRMINGHAM SAID SEVEN
WOMEN HAVE COME FORWARD.
THREE WERE WITH THAT YOUNG
WOMAN YOU HEARD FROM FOR THREE
OTHER SAID THE EXPERIENCE OF
THE SIMILARLY GOING BACK TO
2019.
AT A SEVEN SAID SKETCHY
BEHAVIOR BUT DID NOT FELT SHE
WAS DRUNK.
WE GOT THE STATEMENT FROM THE
ROSE ROOM TONIGHT BEEN SAVING
EVERYONE FROM OWNERSHIP TO
MANAGEMENT TO OUR FLOOR AND BAR
STAFF WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
MAY HAVE HAPPENED HERE. WE HAVE INTERVIEWED OUR STAFF
WE HAVE INTERVIEWED OUR STAFF
AND MANAGEMENT CAN CONFIRM WE
HAVE FOR NOTHING THAT COULD BE
CORROBORATED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. HOWEVER IF THERE IS ANYTHING AT
HOWEVER IF THERE IS ANYTHING AT
THE ROSE ROOM WE WANT TO KNOW
ABOUT IT AND WE WANT TO RESOLVE
IT.
>> BACK HERE LIVE TO BE CLEAR,
I ASKED THIS MOMENT, I SAID
THAT YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS YOU
HAVE BEEN TO THIS PARTY BEFORE
YES THEY HAVE.
THEY HAVE HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK
BEFORE.
THEY HAVE HAD HANGOVERS.
THEY SAID WHAT HAPPENED AT THIS
CLUB IS NOT THAT. THEY SAID THE ONSET WAS QUICK.
THEY SAID THE ONSET WAS QUICK.
IT WAS VIOLENT.
AND THEY WERE SICK FOR DAYS.
E ARE LIVE IN BIRMINGHAM
TONIGHT I AM MARA McDONALD,
LOCAL 4.
>> Kimberly: THANK YOU.
>> Jason: A NEW FAUCET SAID
EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
ASSAULT INCLUDING ONE.
THEY SAID MANY HAPPENED AT TWO
FRATERNITIES.
VICTOR WILLIAMS IS LIVE WITH
THAT LAWSUIT AND HOW THE SCHOOL
IS RESPONDING TODAY.
VICTOR?
>> Reporter: WE GOT OUR HANDS
ON THIS THE LAWSUIT.
160 ACCUSATIONS SAYING THAT
EAST MICHIGAN KNEW ABOUT THESE
ALLEGATIONS AND DID NOTHING
ABOUT.
IT’S WEEPING THEM UNDER THE
RUG.
>> Man: THERE WERE MULTIPLE
RAPISTS ON CAMPUS.
AND BECAUSE OF THOSE IS BEING
SWEPT UNDER THE RUG.
OTHER JAMES DOES WOULD NOT HAVE
BEEN RAPED.
>> ATTORNEY JOHN FLOOD SPEAKING
ON BEHALF OF HIS 11 CLIENTS IDENTIFY AS JANE DOES.
IDENTIFY AS JANE DOES.
11 WOMEN WHO CLAIMED TO BE
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BETWEEN 2015
AND 2020.
THE 166 PAGE LAWSUIT CLAIMS
MULTIPLE ENTITIES WITHIN THE
SCHOOL COVERED UP A SERIES OF
RAPES THAT HAVE INVOLVED THE
FRATERNITIES DELTA PHEL DELTA
AND DELTA PHI.
>> NEED TO BE A CLIMATE CHANGE
AMONG GREEK LIFE, ALCOHOL.
WHEN YOU READ THE FACTS THEY
SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES WHAT THE
LAWSUIT NAMES FORMER EMU TITLE
IX DIRECTOR MELANIE WARNER.
AS SOMEONE FILLED TO REPORT
CERTAIN ACCUSATIONS TO POLICE
BACK IN 2018.
SHE IS CURRENTLY THE DIRECTOR
OF MICHIGAN STATE OFFICE OF
EQUITY.
AND IN A STATEMENT SCHOOL
TOTALLY DENIES THE ALLEGATIONS.
WHICH IN PART READS THERE IS NO
PLACE FOR SEXUAL VIOLENCE ON
OUR CAMPUS COMMUNITY.
AND PEOPLE ALWAYS TAKE SWIFT
ACTION TO STOP IT.
ATTORNEY FLOOD SAID THIS IS
ULTIMATELY AIMING TO CHANGE THE
FABRIC OF EMU CULTURE AGAINST
THESE TYPES OF CRIMES.
>> Man: THIS IS REALLY
SOMETHING THAT IS IN OUR
BACKYARD.
THAT THESE COURAGEOUS WOMEN ARE
STEPPING FORWARD.
AND NOT JUST ABOUT THEM.
BUT THEY HAVE A VOICE OF TRYING
TO MAKE A CHANGE.
>> AND THIS LAWSUIT SPEAKING
MORE THAN $75,000.
VICTOR WILLIAMS, LOCAL 4.
>> Jason: THE LAWSUIT IS
LOOKING AT RAPE CASES BETWEEN
2015 AND 2020.
DO WE KNOW THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
CASES, VICTOR?
>> Man: WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
OVER 30.
JUST LIKE MR. FLOOD SAID
EARLIER THIS IS ABOUT CHANGING
THE FABRIC OF THE ALLEGED
CULTURE AT EMU.
WE WILL SEE HOW IT ENDS UP.
>> Kimberly: THE RAIN MOVED OUT
BUT THE WIND STAYED.
>> Jason: THAT WILL NOT STAY
LONG.
WHEN WILL THAT CHANGE, BEN?
>> Ben: WE WILL SEE THE NEXT
SYSTEM RAMP UP AND THAT IS MUCH
WINDIER THAN WHAT WE CAME
THROUGH TONIGHT.
AND THIS IS AS WE SPEAK.
THEY HAVE COME DOWN
CONSIDERABLY SINCE 5:00 AND
6:00.
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 5-15 MILES PER HOUR.
PER HOUR.
WE WILL STAY RELATIVELY
TRANQUIL THROUGH THE NIGHT AS
WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY ON
THURSDAY.
THIS IS 24 HOURS FROM NOW.
THE WIND SPEED WILL BE 20 MILES
PER HOUR PLUS.
AN INCREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY.
THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY.
THE FASTEST WINS FRIDAY MORNING
ON THE COMMUTE. 40 MILES PER HOUR PLUS MAYBE 50
40 MILES PER HOUR PLUS MAYBE 50
MILES PER HOUR GUST AT TIME.
OF COURSE THIS IS COMING WITH
RAIN.
THE RAINS WILL CALM DOWN AS WE
GET THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY
ON FRIDAY.
THE SYSTEM WE ARE TRACKING IS
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE.
YOU SEE A LOT OF RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS PULLING TOGETHER THERE.
THEY ARE ON THEIR WAY.
FOR THE DEEP SOUTH.
WE HAVE RAIN AND WIND TO TALK
ABOUT.
WE TALK ABOUT ALL OF THAT IN A
FEW MINUTES.
>> IT WAS OPENING DAY AT FORD
FIELD WHERE THE ALLIANCE HAS
BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO IMPACTS
VACCINATION SITE.
>> IT WILL VACCINATE 5000
DETROITERS OVER THE NEXT EIGHT
WEEKS.
ALREADY 140,000.
REGISTERED TO GET AN
APPOINTMENT.
THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXECUTIVE
CALHOUN WAS AT FORD FIELD TODAY
AND DELIVER THIS MESSAGE FOR
THOSE UNSURE ON WHETHER TO GET
THE VACCINE.
>> Woman: I KNOW IT HAS BEEN A
LONG YEAR.
OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE BEEN
FIGHTING THIS PANDEMIC.
BUT THERE IS LIGHT AT THE END
OF THE TUNNEL.
AND THESE VACCINES ARE
IMPORTANT.
THEY ARE THE WAY WE WILL END
THIS PANDEMIC WORKS MOVING NOW
TO MICHIGAN’S CORONAVIRUS
NUMBERS.
THE STATE REPORTS ITS HIGHEST
DAILY NUMBER OF CASES SINCE
DECEMBER.
>> MICHIGAN REPORTING 4454 NEW
CASES AND 16 ADDITIONAL DEATHS
IN THE PAST 24 HOURS.
THE RISE IN CASES COMES AS
HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE INCREASING
IN CERTAIN AGE GROUPS AS WELL.
THEY HAVE SPIKED BY MORE THAN
600 PERCENT IN PEOPLE IN 30S.
AND INCREASED 800 PERCENT AND
PEOPLE IN THEIR 40s JUSTICE
MET.
>>> DETROIT MAN IS CHARGED WITH
MURDER AFTER A SHOOTING AT A
PARKING GARAGE.
NICHOLAS WHITE IS CHARGED WITH
THE MURDER OF 25 YEAR OLD
KERMIT McCANN OF CLINTON
TOWNSHIP THAT HE FACES FELONY
FIREARM CHARGES.
THE SHOOTING HAPPENED JUST
BEFORE 2:00 AT THE CASINO
PARKING LOT.
HE ALLEGEDLY STARTED SHOOTING
AFTER AN ARGUMENT BETWEEN THE
TWO MEN.
WHITE DROVE OFF.
POLICE ARRESTED HIM THE NEXT
DAY.
>>> MICHIGAN REPUBLICANS ARE
PROPOSING MORE THAN THREE DOZEN
NEW BILLS THAT WILL CHANGE
ELECTION LAW.
THEY WOULD REQUIRE VOTERS TO
SUBMIT A PHOTO ID AND D BLOCK
UNSOLICITED APPLICATIONS FROM
BEING MAILED OUT.
ANOTHER CHANGE WOULD RESTRICT
THE HOURS THAT VOTERS CAN DROP
THOSE ABSENTEE BALLOTS AT
CURBSIDE BOXES.
THE ACLU ANNOUNCED THIS CALLING
IT VOTER SUPPRESSION.
MOST OF THE PUZZLES EXPECTED TO
BE VETOED BY GOVERNOR GRETCHEN
WHITMER.
>> UP AHEAD IT WAS MARKETED AS
THE HEALTHIEST DRINKING WATER
AVAILABLE.
>> THE WARNING INITIATE ABOUT
THE POPULAR BRAND SO THAT WHOLE
FOODS AND COSTCO.
SOLD AT WHOLE FOODS AND COSTCO.
>> Kimberly: A RACIST RANT FROM
A WOMAN INSIDE A DEGREE.
THE EMPLOYEE SAYING WHAT
SPARKED THE COMPETITION.
HERE IS TIM.
>> Reporter: IT IS ONE OF THE
MOST POPULAR STORIES THE
BENTLEY HEIST. WE GO ON THE INVESTIGATION AS
WE GO ON THE INVESTIGATION AS
POLICE TRACKED THE EXPENSIVE