ANN ARBOR, MI (AP)-- An attorney says his firm represents more than 40 people in the University of Michigan sexual abuse case.
Parker Stinar tells The Associated Press that one of his clients helped the Wolverines win the 1997 national championship in football and another went on to play in the NHL. Denver-based Wahlberg, Woodruff, Nimmo and Sloane plans to host a news conference Wednesday night, following a second meeting with the school's vice president and general counsel Timothy Lynch and investigators hired by the school.
The university’s president has apologized to “anyone who was harmed” by Dr. Robert Anderson.
And as mass sexual assault scandals, some dating back decades, roil universities across the country, the schools have been drawing from the same playbook in their responses. Typical moves include hiring an outside law firm to investigate and establishing hotlines for victims to call. Some hire outside public relations firms to manage the flow of information to the media.
Legal experts say the schools need help and that hiring outside firms can lend credibility. But skeptics question whether paid investigators can truly be independent and transparent.
