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>> KAREN: ALLEGATIONS EMERGE AT
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, WHERE AN
INVESTIGATION REVEALS ABOUT A
FORMER PROVOST AND FEMALE
STUDENTS.
>> DEVIN: THE BREAKING NEWS OF A
HIGH PROFILE STUDENT NAMED GRACE
WHOSE LOCKOUT STARTED FOR WEEKS. THE MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS
THE MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS
SAYS THAT THE 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL
SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY RELEASED
FROM A JUVENILE LOCKOUT. >> KAREN: THE HEADLINES WERE
>> KAREN: THE HEADLINES WERE
NATIONAL WHEN SHE WAS IN AND
TERMS DOING HER HOMEWORK.
WHAT ARE WE LEARNING FROM TOED’S
--
TODAY’S DECISION.
>> THIS WAS NATIONAL NEWS, WE
HAD PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF
LIFE FOR THIS GIRL TO BE FREE
AND SOME CELEBRITIES WANT OTHER
OUT ON HER OWN AND THEY’VE GOT
THEIR WISH WITH HER OFFICIALLY RK REBEING RELEASED.
RK REBEING RELEASED.
>> FREE GRACE!
>> GRACE WAS NOT RELEASED FROM
JUVENILE DETENTION FOR NOT DOING
HER HOMEWORK.
THEY CALLED IT RACIAL
DISCRIMINATION FROM THE PIPELINE
FROM THE SCHOOL TO DETENTION.
SHE WAS IN IN MAY BECAUSE OF THE HOMEWORK ISSUE.
HOMEWORK ISSUE.
THEY CALLED TO REVIEW THE CASE
AND SENT US THE STATEMENT WHICH
READS, QUOTE, THERE IS
ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT THAT PUBLIC
PRESSURE TURNED THE TIDE FOR
GRACE AND HER MOTHER.
I THANK THE MICHIGAN COURT OF
AAPPEALS TORE TAKING ACTION.
AND EVERY JOURNALIST WHO BROUGHT
ATTENTION TO THE MATTER AND
EVERYONE CAMPED OUTSIDE OF
CHILDREN’S VILLAGE AND FREE
GRACE IN THE WEEKS PAST.
>> WE’RE WAITING TO HEAR FROM
GRACE’S MOTHER TO SEE WHAT SHE
HAS TO SAY ABOUT THIS.
WE’RE SURE SHE’S HAPPY.
VICTOR WILLIAMS, LOCAL 4.
>> DEVIN: ALL RIGHT, WE’LL
FOLLOW IT.
>> KAREN: INDEPENDENT LAW FIRM
TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGATIONS OF
HARASSMENT BY U OF M FORMER
PROVOST CAME TO SOME
CONCLUSIONS.
MARTIN PHILBERT IN JUNE.
AND WHAT WAS UNCOVERED?
THESE ALLEGATIONS GO BACK YEARS.
>> YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT, KAREN.
HE’S BEEN WITH U OF M SINCE
1995.
BACK IN JANUARY HE WAS PLACED ON
PAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.
HE’S SINCE BEEN REMOVED
ALTOGETHER, BUT TONIGHT WE’RE
GETTING THE FIRST LOOK AT WHAT
THIS INVESTIGATION UNCOVERED.
>> U OF M HIRED THE LAW FIRM
WILMER HAIL TO CONDUCT AN
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO
THE FORMER PROVOST MARTIN
PHILBERT, FOUND THAT HE HARASSED
WOMEN, INCLUDING GRADUATE
STUDENTS WHILE HE ROSE THROUGH
THE RANKS AT U OF M.
THAT HE MADE COMMENTS ABOUT
WOMEN’S BODIES AND INSISTED
GIVING HUGS.
BEFORE SOME WORKED FOR HIM, THEY
WERE WARNED OF CONDUCT AND NOT
TO BE ALONE WITH HIM.
AND ONE TOLD HE WAS FIRED WHILE
THE FEMALE PHILBERT WAS
ALLEGEDLY IN RELATIONSHIP WITH
WAS NOT.
SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION DID NOT
UNCOVER ANY EVIDENCE AND THE
LAWSUIT WAS EVENTUALLY SETTLED.
IT WASN’T THE ONLY TIME SOME
OFFICIALS WERE MADE AWARE OF
PHILBERT’S BEHAVIOR.
IN 2005, TWO WOMEN WHO WORKED IN
PHILBERT’S LAB TOLD HE WOULD
KISS THEM ON THEIR NECK.
AND THE PROFESSOR ALERTED
MULTIPLE OFFICIALS.
IN LIGHT OF TWO WOMEN’S
UNWILLING INEST TO SPEAK, THE
OFFICE DID NOT OPEN AN
INVESTIGATION.
THE REPORT CONCLUDED MUCH OF
PHILBERT’S CONDUCT NEVER CAME TO
THE UNIVERSITY’S ATTENTION.
AND SURE THAT STUDENTS AR
OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF AVENUES
FOR REPORTING SEXUAL MISCONDUCT
AND ENHANCED TRAINING OF
PERSONNEL REQUIRED TO REPORT
HARASSMENT.
THERE WAS A SHOCKING DESCRIPTION
OF UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR BY A
UNIVERSITY OFFICER AS WELL AS
FAILINGS BY THIS INSTITUTION.
WE WILL DO EVERYTHING IN OUR
POWER TO PREVENT SUCH MISCONDUCT
FROM EVER HAPPENING AGAIN AT UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.
>> U OF M SAYS THAT PROCEDURES
WILL BE THERE IMMEDIATELY.
THIS REPORT MAKES IT CLEAR THAT
WE HAVE MUCH MORE WORK TO DO.
NOW, THE ONLY THING THAT REMAINS
TO BE SEEN IS IF PHILBERT WILL
RECEIVE COMPENSATION.
>> THANK YOU, PRIYA.
>> DEVIN: EIGHT MORE
MICHIGANDERS DIED FROM COVID-19
IN THE LAST HOURS.
.
>> KAREN: TAKING A LOOK AT CASE
COUNTS, THE NUMBER ON THE RIGHT
IS TODAY’S NEW CASES, 734.
YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER HAS RISEN
EACH DAY THIS WEEK.
>> DEVIN: IN SPITE OF THAT, ONE
OF THE GROUPS TRACKING COVID
CASES IN THE U.S. IS MOVING
MICHIGAN OUT OF HIGH RISK FOR
SPREAD CATEGORY.
COVID KNEWNOW, EPIDEMIOLOGISTS A
OTHERS ARE SEEING WE HAVE SLOW
DISEASE GROWTH.
LOOK AT THE GREEN ONE ON THE
UPPER RIGHT, ONLY ONE STATE
VERMONT CONSIDERED TO BE ON
TRACK TO CONTAIN THE VIRUS.
>> KAREN: WE’VE TOLD ABOUT COVID
CASES AT A WEDDING RECEPTION AT
CRYSTAL GARDENS HALL IN SOUTH
GATE.
THE NUMBER OF CASES IN THAT
PARTY HAS NOW DOUBLED TO 10.
THE GOVERNOR VETOED HOW THEY’LL
CARE FOR PATIENTS, FACILITIES
WHERE ONLY POLICIES WOULD BE
SENT.
THE CURRENT PLAN ALLOWS PATIENTS
TO BE ISOLATED AND CARED FOR AT
NURSING HOMES WHERE NON-COVID
POSITIVE RESIDENTS LIVE.
THE GOVERNOR SAYS SENATE BILL
956 IS NOTHING MORE THAN A
POLITICAL GAME THAT WOULD
RELOCATE VULNERABLE SENIORS
WITHOUT ANY REQUIREMENT FOR
CONSENT, DOCTOR’S APPROVAL FOR
NOTIFICATION TO PATIENTS THAN
AIR FAMILIES.
>> DEVIN: LOCAL 4 DEFENDERS
REVEALING TONIGHT THAT FIVE
STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITY OF
DETROIT MERCY SCHOOL OF
DENTISTRY HAVE TESTED POSITIVE
FOR KROHN AND ARE NOW OFF
CAMPUS.
SHAWN LEY OF THE DEFENDERS SHOWS
US WHERE THE STUDENTS PICKED UP
THE VIRUS, WHO HAS TO BE
NOTIFIED WHO IS IN CONTACT WITH
THE STUDENTS, AND WHO IS COMING
ONE DAY AFTER THEY INVITED OUR
CAMERAS FOR A LOOK AT SAFETY
PROTOCOLS.
>> WE KNOW TONIGHT AFTER THE
FIRST STUDENT HERE TESTED
POSITIVE EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE
SCHOOL DID INVESTIGATE, THEY
WERE ABLE TO PINPOINT WHERE THE
BREAKDOWN GAME, AND ALSO
RESULTED IN TWO MORE STUDENTS
TESTING POSITIVE.
>> WITH 700 DENTISTRY RELATED
STUDENTS SEEING PATIENTS,
MEMBERS.
PUBLIC AT TWO FACILITIES, THE
LOCAL 4 DEFENDERS HAVE LEARNED
THAT FIVE DENTISTRY STUDENTS
TESTED POSITIVE THIS WEEK FOR
COVID-19.
IN FACT, LOCAL 4 CAMERAS, OUR
CREWS MASKED UP AND DISTANCING
WERE INVITED IN JUST YESTERDAY
AND SHOWN THE SAFEGUARDS, BUT
NOT MENTIONED JUST THE NIGHT
BEFORE.
THE DEAN OF THE SCHOOL SENT THIS
E-MAIL TO STUDENTS, FACULTY AND
STAFF, ALERTING THEM TO THE FIVE
POSITIVE CASES.
THOSE CASES NOT MENTIONED TO OUR
CREW THE NEXT MORNING.
WE ASKED THE DEAN WHY NOT TELL
OUR CREW.
>> THE FACT THAT FIVE STUDENTS
TESTED POSITIVE WASN’T
NECESSARILY THE ESSENCE OF THE
STORY.
IT WAS WHAT ARE WE DOING TO BE
OPEN AND PROTECT OUR PEOPLE.
>> BUT THE FACT IS, WITH ALL THE
PPE AND SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE FOR
STUDENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC THEY WORK ON.
THE SCHOOL TRACED THREE POSITIVE
CASES TO TRANSMISSIONS ON CAMPUS
LAST SATURDAY.
AS STUDENTS WERE TAKING THEIR
SENIOR PHOTOS.
THE DEAN SAYS SOCIAL DISTANCING
RULES WERE IGNORED, MASKS WERE
TAKEN OFF, GUARDS WERE LET DOWN.
>> ALL IT TAKES IS A SPLIT
SECOND AND THEN A CHANCE
EXPOSURE.
>> THE TWO OTHER STUDENTS WHO
TESTED POSITIVE ARE BELIEVED TO
HAVE PICKED UP THE VIRUS OFF
CAMPUS THROUGH COMMUNITY
EXPOSURE.
>> WE’RE HOPEFUL THAT WE’VE
NIPPED IT AT THE BUD AND THAT
WE’VE ISOLATED THOSE WHO ARE
POSITIVE AND CONTAGIOUS.
>> AND THE DEAN E-MAILING US
LATE TODAY EXPLAINING MORE ABOUT
WHAT HE CAN AND CANNOT SAY ABOUT
THIS, SAYING BROADCASTING THE
CASES CREATES FEAR, VIOLATES
PRIVACY AND UNDERMINES THE
DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP.
FROM DETROIT’S WEST SIDE, SHAWN
LEY, LOCAL 4 DEFENDERS.
>> DEVIN: ALL RIGHT, SHAWN.
WHEN YOU CHECK IN WITH BEN WHO
IS TRACKING MUCH-NEEDED WET
WEATHER COMING OUR WAY.
>> YEAH, GUYS, WE NEED THE RAIN
AND THERE’S GOING TO BE A LOT
AROUND.
THE QUESTION IS HOW MUCH ENDS UP
ON TOP OF US.
HERE IS THE RAINFALL FORECAST
FOR SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AND
NOTICE THAT WE’RE GOING TO BE
SEEING QUITE A BIT IN THE WAY OF
WET WEATHER HEADED IN OUR
DIRECTION.
GRADUALLY STARTING TO MOVE UP,
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE BULLSEYE,
HEAVIER TO THE EAST.
THERE ARE SOME CONTRAST THERE,
FOUR TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN IN
PARTS OF ONTARIO, IF THIS THING
DOES MIGRATE FURTHER TO THE
WEST, WE COULD BE GETTING MORE
THAN WE PLANNED ON.
HERE IS THE WEEKEND AT A GLANCE.
WE’VE GOT BETTER CHANCES SUNDAY,
BUT THEY COULD START AS SOON AS
THE LATE DAY HOURS OF SATURDAY.
WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT TIMING,
JUST HOW MUCH WE’RE EXPECTING
HERE AND ALSO, TEMPERATURES AS
WE HEAD INTO AUGUST STARTING
TOMORROW.
THE LOCAL FORECASTERS APP, WE’LL
SHOW YOU THE 10-DAY FORECAST AND
YOU CAN TRACK HURRICANE ISAIAS
WITH THE HURRICANE TRACKER.
WE’LL HAVE MORE ON THAT STORM
COMING UP, GUYS.
>> KAREN: THANK YOU, BEN.
MULTIPLE EMPLOYEES WITH THE
MACOMB COUNTY OFFICE OFF THE JOB
AMID ALLEGATIONS OF SEXISM AND
RACISM.
JOINING US LIVE HOW THE COUNTY
IS RESPONDING, LARRY.
>> YEAH, KAREN, COUNTY OFFICIALS
TELL ME THEY ARE INVESTIGATING
FOUR EMPLOYEES AT MEDICAL
EXAMINER’S OFFICE, A SUPERVISOR FOR SEXISM AND RACISM.
FOR SEXISM AND RACISM.
THERE ARE MULTIPLE ALLEGATIONS
BROUGHT FROM MULTIPLE EMPLOYEES.
>> IT’S TROUBLE FRIDAY NIGHT
INSIDE THE MACOMB COUNTY MEDICAL
EXAMINER’S OFFICE.
THE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES,
ANDREW MCKINNON CONFIRMS TO ME
FRIDAY ON THE PHONE, HIS TEAM IS
INVESTIGATING FOUR EMPLOYEES
HERE AT THE MEDICAL EXAMINER’S
OFFICE, INCLUDING A SUPERVISOR
FOR ALLEGATIONS OF SEXISM AND
RACISM.
MCKINNON SAYS ON JULY 18TH, AN
EMPLOYEE SENT AN E-MAIL STATING
A HOSTILE WORKING ENVIRONMENT
AND IT’S BEEN GOING ON FOR SOME
TIME NOW.
ALSO, ALLEGATIONS OF SEXISM AND
RACISM INSIDE THE CENTER AND
TALKING OPEN DISPLAYS OF
SEXUALLY EXPLICIT PHOTOGRAPHS,
PORNOGRAPHIC SCREEN SAVERS ON
COMPUTERS, AND TO PEOPLE OF
COLOR.
AND THEY TAKE THESE CLAIMS
SERIOUSLY, ALL FOUR EMPLOYEES
ARE ON LEAVE AND THE COUNTY HAS
MADE A DECISION ON THEIR FUTURE,
AND THEY DID NOT ELABORATE WHAT
THE DECISIONS WERE.
LARRY SPRUILL, LOCAL 4.
>> KAREN: ALL RIGHT, SOME
DISTURBING ALLEGATIONS THERE,
THANK YOU, LARRY.
>> NEW AT 6:00.
>> UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICES ACROSS
THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, THEY’VE
BEEN SHUT DOWN FOR MONTHS, BUT
WHY