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>> HE’S AT THE CENTER OF THE SEX
ABUSE INVESTIGATION AGAINST THE
FORMER UNIVERSITY DOCTOR AND
TONIGHT HE IS SHARING HIS STORY.
WE’RE GLAD YOU’RE WITH US
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. WITH THE INVESTIGATION EXPANDING
TONIGHT THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT
APOLOGIZED.
APOLOGIZED. >> THE INVESTIGATION WAS
LAUNCHED AFTER A FORMER STUDENT
SAID HE WAS MOLESTED BY
DR. ANDERSON IN THE EARLY 70’S.
COCOA, HE SAYS THIS HAPPENED
DURING A MEDICAL EXAM.
>> YES, THAT’S RIGHT.
GOOD EVENING.
GOOD EVENING. WE CANNOT SHARE ALL THE DETAILS
WITH YOU BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY
GRAPHIC.
GRAPHIC. BUT ROBERT STONE SAID HE WANTED
TO SHARE HIS STORY BECAUSE HE
WANTS TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE WHO
MAY BE STRUGGLING TO COME
FORWARD.
FORWARD. >> I’VE CARRIED THIS STORY
ALMOST A HALF A CENTURY BEFORE
COMING FORWARD.
COMING FORWARD. >> Reporter: ROBERT JULIAN
STONE IS SHARING HIS STORY.
AND IT’S A DIFFICULT ONE.
INVOLVING ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL
ABUSE FROM THE NOW DECEASED
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
PHYSICIAN, ROBERT E. ANDERSON.
>> MAKES ME WANT TO CRY.
I FELT COMPLETELY DISEMPOWERED
TO REPORT THIS.
>> Reporter: STONE SAYS HE WAS
A 20-YEAR-OLD U. OF M. STUDENT
IN 1970 AND WAS LOOKING FOR A
DOCTOR.
DOCTOR. >> I CALLED A FRIEND OF MINE AND
I SAID LOOK, WHO DO I GO TO, WHO
DO I SEE, HE SAYS NO PROBLEM, GO
TO DR. ANDERSON.
DR. ANDERSON TREATS ALL THE GAY
MEN.
MEN. >> Reporter: HE SAYS D.
ANDERSON STARTED UNDRESSING AND
MADE STONE TOUCHED HIS PRIVATE
PARTS.
PARTS. >> I WAS HORRIFIED, I WAS
ABSOLUTELY ENRAGED AND
DISGUSTED.
DISGUSTED. >> Reporter: DECADES LATER HE
WROTE AN ESSAY TO UNIVERSITY
OFFICIALS AND FOUND OUT POLICE
WERE ALLEGEDLY INVESTIGATING
OTHER INCIDENTS OF ASSAULT.
>> I CONFESSED TO HAVING SOME
LINGERING GUILT THAT IF I HAD
BEEN MORE AGGRESSIVE AT THE TIME
OF MY ASSAULT I COULD HAVE
PREVENTED ALL OF THESE OTHER MEN
FROM BEING ASSAULTED.
>> Reporter: NOW STONE IS
ASKING FOR TRANSPARENCY FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, AND THE
UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT IS
PROMISING STONE AND OTHER
SURVIVORS WILL BE HEARD.
>> I PERSONALLY COMMIT THAT
YOU’LL BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY AND
PROTECTED FROM RETALIATION, AND
THAT ACCUSATIONS WILL BE
THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED.
THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED. >> Reporter: UNIVERSITY
OFFICIALS ARE ASKING MORE PEOPLE
TO COME FORWARD.
THE UNIVERSITY CREATED A HOTLINE
YESTERDAY, AND SINCE THEY
CREATED THAT HOTLINE THEY HAVE
RECEIVED 22 ADDITIONAL CALLS.
I’M COCOA MCAVOY.
>> BREAKING NEWS JUST IN FROM
DETROIT’S WEST SIDE.
POLICE AT THE SCENE OF A DEADLY
SHOOTING AT AN ILLEGAL MARIJUANA
DISPENSARY ON JOY ROAD NEAR
DEXTER.
DEXTER. POLICE SAY THREE GUNMAN WALKED
INTO THE DISPENSARY POSING AS
CUSTOMERS BEFORE OPENING FIRE.
ONE PERSON WAS KILLED AND
ANOTHER INJURED.
ANOTHER INJURED. POLICE BELIEVE THE SUSPECTS GOT
AWAY WITH DRUGS AND CASH BEFORE
LEAVING THE SCENE.
>> Anchor: SUPERINTENDENT OF
ROMULUS WILL BE SUSPENDED FOR 10
DAYS WITHOUT PAY FOR COMMENTS HE
MADE DURING A SCHOOL BOARD
MEETING BACK ON FEBRUARY 10.
HALL IS THE ACTING
SUPERINTENDENT IN THE DISTRICT
AND HAS BEEN WITH THEM SINCE
2014.
2014. >> Anchor: WIND CHILLS ARE
NEAR ZERO TONIGHT, BUT A WARMUP
IS ON THE WAY FOR THE WEEKEND.
>> WHICH IS NICE, BUT HOW LOW
WILL TEMPERATURES GO TONIGHT?
>> SO FAR WE’RE ALREADY IN THE
SINGLE NUMBERS IN THE WEST ZONE.
BUT YOU CAN SEE IN THE METRO
ZONE CLOSE TO 20 DEGREES, THAT
ALL CHANGES.
ALL CHANGES. WE’RE ALL GOING TO SINGLE
NUMBERS TONIGHT.
NUMBERS TONIGHT. HERE’S YOUR FORECAST, WE START
IN THE METRO ZONE, 6 TO 9 IS
WHAT WE’RE EXPECTING.
THE SOUTH ZONE REALLY DOESN’T
LOOK A LOT BETTER, 6 TO 7 MAYBE,
AS WE HEAD TOWARDS TOMORROW
MORNING.
MORNING. WEST ZONE STILL IN POSITIVE
TERRITORY, 3 TO 7 IS WHAT WE’RE
EXPECTING, AND STILL NO NEGATIVE
NUMBERS, THAT’S THE BEST THING
WE CAN SAY ABOUT THE NORTH ZONE.
A LOT OF ONES UP THERE TOMORROW
MORNING.
MORNING. THOSE ARE 7:00 A.M. WIN CHILLS,
THAT’S THE WORST THAT WE GET.
WE’LL TALK ABOUT HOW THINGS
IMPROVE AS WE HEAD INTO THE
WEEKEND, IN A FEW MINUTES.
>> THANK YOU.
AFTER A FAILED FIRST ATTEMPT
TONIGHT, WARRANTS HAVE BEEN
SIGNED FOR SEVEN STUDENT
ATHLETES AT WARREN DELASALLE
HIGH SCHOOL.
HIGH SCHOOL. FIVE OF THOSE STUDENTS FACING
ADULT CHARGES, THE OTHER TWO
WILL BE CHARGED AS JUVENILES IN
THE HAIDZING SCANDAL THAT --
THE HAZING SCANDAL THAT HAS
ENGULFED THE SCHOOL.
OPINIONS HAVE BEEN RATHER
DIVIDED.
DIVIDED. >> I DON’T THINK THAT THESE
CHARGES TODAY REALLY ARE GOING
TO CHANGE ANYBODY’S ATTITUDES
HERE.
HERE. YOU HAVE DEEP DIVISIONS AMONG
THE STUDENTS AND AMONG THE
PARENTS, AND THEY QUESTION THE
CREDIBILITY OF THE
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. >> Reporter: THEY WERE HEADED
TO THE PLAYOFFS LAST YEAR UNTIL
THE PRESIDENT OF THE SCHOOL,
JOHN KNIGHT, CANCELED THE ENTIRE
SEASON ON HALLOWEEN CITING WHAT
HE CALLED A PERVASIVE HAZING
PROBLEM HERE.
PROBLEM HERE. FROM THE START PARENTS, POLICE
AND COACHES HAVE SAID THEY’RE
DISSATISFIED WITH HOW THE SCHOOL
REACTED.
REACTED. >> FROM THE START THE
ADMINISTRATORS PULLED KIDS
APART, THE INITIAL DAY THEY PUT
THE SENIORS IN THE CHAPEL, TOOK
THEIR PHONES AWAY FROM THEM AND
KIDS GET CONFUSED VERY QUICKLY.
>> WE HAVE AN ADMINISTRATION WHO
DOES NOT HAVE A PLAN AND WHO
HASN’T HAD A PLAN ON CARRYING US
THROUGH ANY DIFFICULT TIMES, LET
ALONE WHAT OUR FAMILIES ARE
GOING THROUGH NOW.
>> Reporter: POLICE AND
PROSECUTORS BOTH SAID THE
SCHOOLS STOOD IN THEIR WAY WHEN
IT CAME TIME TO INVESTIGATE.
ALLEGATIONS OF HAZING IN THE
FOOTBALL LOCKER ROOM.
>> INITIALLY DELASALLE REALLY
DIDN’T COOPERATE AS THEY SHOULD
HAVE AS FAR AS THE
ADMINISTRATION.
ADMINISTRATION. >> SO MUCH SO THEY ANNOUNCED
THERE WOULD BE NO CHARGES HERE
LESS THAN A MONTH AGO.
TONIGHT THAT’S ALL CHANGED.
TWO NEW VICTIMS CAME FORWARD AND
THERE IS ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO
CHARGE SEVEN STUDENT ATHLETES
WITH ASSAULT AND BATTERY.
THE BOYS ALLEGEDLY USING A BROOM
STICK IN A THREATENING MANNER
BUT NO SEXUAL ASSAULT.
>> THERE WAS NO PENETRATION, BUT
THERE WAS AN ASSAULT AND THAT’S
WHY THEY’RE BEING CHARGED WITH
ASSAULT AND BATTERY.
>> HOW DEEP ARE THE DIVISIONS
HERE?
HERE? JUST LAST WEEK THERE WAS AN OFF
SITE MEETING OF MORE THAN 100
PARENTS WHO TURNED OUT DISGUSTED
WITH THE WAY THE SCHOOL HAS
HANDLED THIS.
HANDLED THIS. THEY WANT THE PRESIDENT TO BE
FIRED, THEY ARE APPEALING TO THE
CHRISTIAN BROTHERS HERE IN THE
UNITED STATES AND IN ROME TO
MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
WE ARE IN WARREN, I’M MARA
MCDONALD, LOCAL 4.
>> Anchor: THE WAYNE COUNTY
SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS
INVESTIGATING AFTER A LARGE DRUG
BUST ON DETROIT’S EAST SIDE.
LOOK AT THIS, DEPUTIES SERVED A
SEARCH WARRANT IN THE AREA OF
7-MILE AND IRVING TON AND THEY
FOUND THIS ILLEGAL GROW
OPERATION.
OPERATION. AND PARKED OUTSIDE TWO TRAILERS
FILLED WITH MARIJUANA.
EIGHT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED
SO FAR.
SO FAR. STREET VALUE OF WHAT THEY FOUND
BELIEVED TO BE AROUND A MILLION
DOLLARS.
DOLLARS. >> Anchor: TONIGHT THE DETROIT
FIRE COMMISSIONER EIC JONES IS
DEFENDING ONE OF HIS CREWS FOR
TRYING TO STOP A DRUNK DRIVER.
THEY FOLLOWED THE CAR TUESDAY
NIGHT AFTER BATTLING A FIRE.
THE CAR WAS WEAVING IN AND OUT
OF TRAFFIC WITH A CHILD INSIDE
THE CAR.
THE CAR. TONIGHT WE HAVE THE CALL THEY
MADE TO DISPATCH, WHICH INCLUDED
THE MOMENT THEY WERE TOLD TO
STOP THEIR PURSUIT.
>> YOU ARE ADVICED NOT TO
PURSUE, WE WILL GIVE POLICE THE
INFORMATION.
INFORMATION. >> SHE DID MAKE CONTACT WITH
SOMEONE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD,
I ASKED HER IF SHE HAD BEEN
DRINKING AND SHE DID SAY YES.
>> Reporter: SOURCES IN
DETROIT FIRE SEE SAY
FIREFIGHTERS SHOULD NOT PURSUE
VEHICLES IN A FEWER ENGINE.
THEY WENT BACK TO THE STATION,
COMMUNICATING WITH DETROIT
POLICE WHERE THEY LAST SAW THAT
CAR.
CAR. >> Anchor: A FARMINGTON HILLS
POLICE OFFICER IS ON UNPAID
LEAVE FOR AN INCIDENT INVOLVING
HIS NOW EX-GIRLFRIEND ON
VALENTINE’S DAY.
VALENTINE’S DAY. MARIO VEKIC IS CHARGED WITH
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, STALKING AND
FIRING A GUN INSIDE THE WOMAN’S
HOME.
HOME. THE VICTIM IS ALSO A POLICE
OFFICER.
OFFICER. VEKIC WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY
WHILE HE WAS ON DUTY.
HE FACED A JUDGE TODAY AND
PLEADED NOT GUILTY.
INVESTIGATORS SAY A MAN WAS
SUPER DRUNK WHEN HE DROVE
THROUGH A POLICE LINE AND HIT
TWO WARREN POLICE CARS.
HE ADMITTED TO HAVING THREE
DRINKS.
DRINKS. POLICE SAY HIS BREATH TEST
SHOWED HE WAS WAY OVER THE LEGAL
LIMIT.
LIMIT. TWO WARREN OFFICERS WERE
INVESTIGATING A CRASH AT 10-MILE
AND MOUND EARLIER THIS MONTH
WHEN SMEDLEY RAN INTO THEIR
PATROL CARS, THEY ARE OKAY.
HE IS CHARGED WITH HAVING A
BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL OF .17 OR
HIGHER.
HIGHER. DRP CONGRESSWOMAN DEBBIE DINGELL
HELD A TOWN HALL MEETING TO HEAR
FROM EXPERTS ON ISSUES IMPACTING
DOWNRIVER COMMUNITIES, IT
COVERED ISSUES THAT IMPACT AIR
AND WATER QUALITY, SOIL AND
SUPER FUND SITES.
ANOTHER TOPIC ADDRESSED WAS THE
HIGH WATER LEVEL AND THE THREAT
A BIG STORM COULD BRING.
>> REGULAR STORMS ARE REALLY
CHALLENGING RIGHT NOW, RIGHT,
BECAUSE THE WATER LEVELS ARE SO
HIGH THERE’S NOWHERE FOR THE
WATER TO GO.
REGULAR STORMS ARE OKAY.
RECORD STORMS ARE GOING TO BE
DEVASTATING.
DEVASTATING. >> Anchor: TO HELP COMBAT THAT
THREAT AND OTHERS, PEOPLE AND
AGENCIES FROM LOCAL, STATE AND
FEDERAL LEVELS ARE BEING BROUGHT
TOGETHER TO DETERMINE WHAT
RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE AND TO
WEIGH POSSIBLE RISKS.
STILL AHEAD, GOOGLE IS FACING A
NEW LAWSUIT OVER PRIVACY
CONCERNS.
CONCERNS. >> Anchor: WHAT STATE FILED
THAT SUIT, CLAIMING THE TECH
GIANT IS SPYING ON CHILDREN,
COMING UP.
COMING UP. >> I DIDN’T KNOW --
>> A WORKER PULLED OVER WHEN HE
SAW A DRIVER STRANDED, WHAT
HAPPENED NEXT THAT SENT HIM
FALLING OFF A 75-FOOT BRIDGE.
>> BUT COMING UP FIRST, A TANKER
TRUCK HAULING JET FUEL SPREADS
DURING RUSH HOUR.
HOW THREE GOOD SAMARITANS WERE
ABLE TO SAVE THE LIFE OF THE
DRIVER NEXT.
DRIVER NEXT. >> A DEFINING MOMENT IN
DETROIT’S RACE RELATIONS.
>> BECAUSE THEY WERE BLACK AND
THIS WAS AN ALL WHITE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
NEIGHBORHOOD. >> TOMORROW AT 6:00 A.M.