University of Michigan athlete files sex discrimination case against coach, AD in federal court
As an alum, I demand the immediate resignation of Track & Field coach James Henry, if these allegations are true:
"Instead, defendant Henry callously responded that several female track athletes had disclosed being sexually assaulted to him over the years and most were unable to 'handle' being on the track team afterwards," according to the lawsuit.
Henry advised her to speak up before "hurling herself off a bridge," the lawsuit said. He also said she should be “flattered” that the suspect had expressed a sexual interest in her, the woman's lawyers wrote in the lawsuit.
I suspect both this case and the Anderson case will be dismissed in court, but we’ll see. Neither seem to really have a case against the University.
As an alum, I demand the immediate cease of posting on any purportedly University of Michigan and transitory UM athletic department fan blogs, any allegation or insinuation which brings to the blog readership and/or the general public any negative connotation to the University of Michigan or its athletic programs prior to said allegation or insinuation being proven true in final.
Tear down the University of Michigan at every chance!
Us against the World.... including ourselves!
Pretty fucked up. Coach Henry needs to go immediately if true.
If true. Just allegations right now.
Innocent until proven guilty, but yes, if true this is disgusting behavior that needs to be punished.
My wife's cousin ran track for Michigan in the 90s and left with records that have since been broken. After this story broke, she said she always figured his mouth would get him in trouble one day. Looks like that day has come.
From the article: “In April 2018, an assistant Washtenaw County prosecutor declined to prosecute the teammate. Although the suspect admitted assaulting the woman, she was asleep and could not recall the assault, the prosecutor concluded.”
For the lawyers, why would that be a reason to decline prosecution? How would this be different than someone being assaulted when unconscious from drugs or alcohol? Is a confession alone not enough, or that there is no other physical evidence?
The alleged admission of guilt by the offending party was in the pleadings the victim filed in the current lawsuit. The article does not say who the admission was made to nor the circumstances of the admission. It almost certainly was not made to the police or the charges would be pursued.
Whether this admission will be allowed in the civil trial or not is another matter. It may fall under the “statement against interest” hearsay exception.
It's called the 'corpus delecti' rule, which in its most simple form means you have to have proof of a crime in a criminal matter before a confession may be used.
example might be if someone said they possessed narcotics illegally on a given date, but there is no actual, physical evidence of that person having drugs.
A former football playing farmer with legalese. Impressive.
Your virtue signal has been noted. Thank you for being a righteous (insert your preferred noun here).
Auto down-votes for using the phrase “virtue signaling.” We need to come to an agreement as a society to stop it. Calling someone out for VS is also an act of VS.
But is it VS to call someone out for their call out of VS?
If virtue signaling takes place in a forest and nobody is there to witness it, has a PC self-righteous act taken place?
If UM makes me coach I promise I will not disciminate against anybody when it comes to sex
Swinging both ways probably doesn’t qualify you for the job.
Why wouldn't we want a batting coach unfettered by social convention?
Because it is virtue signaling. The truth hurts.
Yeah, sorry, this one sounds like bullshit.
I assume AD here means Department and not Director
Adrian Dantley.
Why the clickbait headline? You could have been more specific than “University of Michigan athlete” and “coach”.
How cool. I wasn’t aware that being an alum gave anyone such plenary authority. Oh wait, that’s why inconvenient things like due process and a presumption of innocence exist.
"She reported the incident to the university's Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center and was diagnosed with PTSD."
If you have a sewage pipe leak in your house, are you going to call your local baker?
Sexual harassment, sexual assault and rape are all very serious crimes in the state of Michigan.
If you understand that universities are institutions of learning, and that corporations are profit-seeking organizations - both of which therefore utterly incompetent, with innate conflicts of interest, and therefore incapable of investigating and adjudicating crimes under due process laws or under any competent process at all - then why are victims of these heinous crimes being instructed and encouraged to first report such incidents to these incapable, amateurish, ineffectual, "sexual assault prevention and awareness centers" staffed with village idiots at an educational institution?
We have already seen what has happened at dozens of other universities thus far since the "Dear Colleague" letter and Title IX. It's been an abject disaster for both real victims and for some who have also been falsely accused. Have we learned nothing from this?
Please. Can we finally just encourage alleged victims pick up the goddamned phone and call LAW ENFORCEMENT (the police) and to file a report, and bypass these incompetent dullards entirely and get trained, experienced, law enforcement professionals involved immediately to collect evidence, gather witness testimonies, investigate leads, make arrests and file charges?
Universities and colleges need to get out of the bumbling, buffoonish pretense that they know what in the hell they are doing for investigating and adjudicating crimes. They have proven over and over that they cannot handle it.
I understand, respect, and agree with your post... however...
She's a UM student athlete, so 1) She's obviously smart, 2) She's capable of making decisions.
I think you should be asking HER... WHY....she didn't go to the police right away.
In summary you're blaming the University for having a victim support program? You're also immediately drawing judgement against ALL of the people in that program with a broad brush stroke. How callus and ridiculous can you be? (pretty damn, I'd say, and I don't know you)
FYI... I don't know if there's anything wrong with the Michigan Primary Education system but, every student in MD. was required to take SEX ED... and included in SEX ED was loads of information on sexual assault. Furthermore, Johns Hopkins (Baltimore) in their student introductory program and welcome to campus had SEVERAL seminars on sexual assault, crime, prevention, and specifically noted that students should call the police and campus security. Please tell me that UofM does the same! (you're right next to fuckin' Detroit for cryin' out loud)
Because law enforcement often treats these kinds of claims terribly. And those stories are well publicized. Denhollander was terrified to go the police and stressed out that she would not get a sympathetic detective. And she was a comically well prepared accuser who had studied the law and history and knew exactly what she needed and could point out to police where to find corroborating information.
Other victims get utterly screwed. The worst I've ever heard was the one where detectives bullied the victim into recanting her story, then the prosecutors charged her. Her rapist was later caught and convicted of the crime, but only after raping at least 5 other women. Here's a link to a long write up of that story.
the definition of 'kangaroo court' is exactly what the title IX OIE hearings are. staffed by people long on agendas but devoid of most any experience in fact-finding, due process, investigations, interviews, evidence preservation and, candidly, fundamental fairness. so ridiculous is it some places that they won't let you ask questions of the complaining witness.
i see your anecdotal story and raise you about a hundred title IX nightmares.
I agree 100%.
People may not like it, but people accused of crimes have the right to face their accusers. It's one of the best things about our, admittedly flawed, judicial system.
Lets continue the trend of the dystopian liberal empire, lets round up all the guns, all the books, burn them, execute anyone that's accused of wrong-doing, and we can end the parade with some goose stepping!
**I DEMAND immediate proof that you actually graduated from this fine educational institution. Furthermore, I would insist that if you were an LS&A student... you just shut the fuck up!
-Hopkins grad
If its true, its just one more reminder that scandal can happen anywhere. Michigan isn't immune from this because its Michigan, or because "we know better" or "we're a cut above." This shit can happen here just as it can anywhere else.
NYTimes has a story up about Chuck Christian’s allegations against Anderson. It may be paywalled, but here’s the link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/25/sports/ncaafootball/michigan-football-sex-abuse.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage§ion=Sports
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