University of Michigan officials didn't act on reports of sexual misconduct against former university physician for decades, report says

An investigation that began in March 2020 into Dr. Robert Anderson, a former University of Michigan physician, corroborated decades' worth of allegations that Anderson sexually assaulted and abused at least several hundred patients and that the university failed to act on reports it received about his conduct.

The investigation, completed by Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP -- better known as WilmerHale -- released its findings in a 240-page report on Tuesday after having interviewed hundreds of former patients, as well as "approximately 200 current and former University employees, including administrators, faculty members, and coaches, as well as additional (University Health Services), Athletic Department, and Michigan Medicine personnel," the report said. The University of Michigan commissioned and paid for WilmerHale's services, which had already been retained for an unrelated investigation. University of Michigan President Mark S. Schlissel issued a statement Tuesday in which he said the university offered "its heartfelt apology for the abuse perpetrated by the late Robert Anderson."