CHUCK CHRISTIAN

The sports saying, “next man up,” feels appropriate as Tad Deluca, a former University of Michigan wrestler, and Bill Evashevski hold down the fort for Jon Vaughn for a couple of days while he’s out sick. They say being here is no longer just their protest.

Vaughn, a former University of Michigan running back and survivor of sexual abuse by the late UM athletic doctor Robert Anderson, compares climbing the world’s tallest mountain to his attempts to hold his university accountable for the abuse. Read more: HBO’s ‘Real Sports’ airing segment on late University of Michigan doctor’s sex abuseThe lawsuit, filed in June 2020, entered into what UM spokespeople label “court-guided mediation” in October 2020. “He (told me he’s) never seen one this big that isn’t cancer,” Vaughn said. Other athletes feel the same way.”Read more: Alleged sexual abuse by former University of Michigan doctor traumatized former football player. This is just a hiccup along the road.”Read more from The Ann Arbor News:Retaliation against individuals reporting misconduct banned at University of MichiganSurvivor of late University of Michigan doctor’s sex abuse running for regent‘All you’re doing is avoiding, avoiding, avoiding’: Survivor of late doctor’s abuse sitting outside University of Michigan president’s houseUniversity of Michigan to overhaul how it handles sexual misconduct casesUpdates to sexual misconduct policy align University of Michigan with new Title IX guidance

Jon Vaughn, who was a Wolverine football standout in the late 1980s, has been camping in a tent outside of University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel’s home since last Friday.

Protesters, including some of the hundreds of people who survived sexual abuse by a University of Michigan sports doctor, gathered outside a meeting of the school's governing board Thursday and called for more accountability by campus...

“There are so many victims and I’m seeing them here today. These are neighbors of Anderson. These are friends of his. I’m seeing them all here today,” Christian said. “This man was a monster.”

Alleged sexual abuse by former University of Michigan doctor traumatized former football player. Now, Christian wants to help young athletes understand what is right and wrong by using his voice and sharing his experiences. “The culture of silence surrounding sexual abuse in sports has long been the only reason it was able to continue,” Christian said. For young athletes who might still be silent about similar experiences, Christian said they should not be ashamed. Each choice for young athletes to report or not report abuse is a calculation, Walsh said, and it weighs on a number of factors.

He harkened back decades to his days as a Michigan Wolverine, when team Dr. Robert Anderson allegedly performed unwarranted prostate checks on athletes. Doctors told him in 2016 he had three years to live, but he just passed the four-year mark, he said, explaining that he opted for alternative treatments over chemotherapy and radiation. I want to help all the student-athletes that have been through what I went through, Christian told CNN. The doctor explained the prostate exam procedure, and Christian bounced. The doctor told Christian during the 2016 visit he wanted to conduct a prostate exam, but Christian declined.

The Anderson Survivors Legal Team said it has filed 20-plus notices of intent to sue the Ann Arbor school, its board, and Dr. Robert Andersons estate. A lawsuit would be among a rising wave of legal action against the school, which is investigating allegations of decades of sexual abuse by Anderson. The Anderson Survivors Legal Team says its clients include Robert Stone, the first to speak publicly about allegations of abuse against Anderson, and female accusers. More than two months ago, the school revealed it was investigating multiple allegations of abuse against Anderson, who died in 2008. The revelations at Michigan echo other high-profile allegations and investigations of sexual abuse made by patients of sports doctors at Michigan State University and Ohio State University.