@Umich Collecting Accusations of Assault - Athletes Included

Submitted by MGoneBlue on June 3rd, 2020 at 9:20 PM

There's a Twitter account formed today, @AtUmich, which is collecting anonymous accusations of rape and sexual assault at the University of Michigan.  Some of the accused are athletes.  

This is horrifying.

https://twitter.com/AtUmich

TU-UM-Owlverine

June 4th, 2020 at 2:26 PM ^

Right now, I see posts about Gray, Hawkins, and Cheeseman.  All three need to be investigated; the charges against Hawkins and Cheeseman are particularly vile, particularly given that Cheeseman has four separate people reporting him.  Yes, anonymous reporting can be abused, college football fans (UM included) are verifiably insane, and blah, blah, blah.  That's why you investigate.  But right now I am resigned to the very real possibility that we have at least two rapists on the team and a third player who needs to attend serious sensitivity training; and frankly, anything I'm feeling is irrelevant next to the need for justice.  If you dunked on OSU for Zach Smith, you cannot be anything other than horrified at the mere possibility (and more like the likelihood) that this is true.  I'd rather lose games and have a team I know I can root for.

Teeba

June 4th, 2020 at 4:13 PM ^

Now they have turned themselves into the judge and are determining who is truthful and who is lying. And this happened:

We were hacked. All information has been changed and we will continue posting once we can ensure it will not happen again.

— Assaulters at UMich (@AtUmich) June 4, 2020

The word “shitshow” comes to mind.

Swazi

June 4th, 2020 at 4:23 PM ^

Twitter account is now set to protected, they also said they've been hacked.

 

This is quickly turning into a train wreck with false accusations too that causes them to delete posts.

Larry Appleton

June 5th, 2020 at 2:19 PM ^

Well, they changed their minds and the page is running again, and they just dropped a BIG one.