A key witness in the sexual assault cases involving University of Michigan Dr. Robert Anderson said his boss and former Athletic Director Don Canham played a role in allowing the physician to stay on for decades in spite of sexual abuse allegations, according to a newly amended court filing.
Thomas Easthope, the former UM associate vice president for student services, said during a recent deposition that his boss, Henry Johnson, overrode his decision to fire Anderson in 1979, according to documents filed Thursday in U.S. District Court.
"It was predictable that, if Anderson 'were allowed to stay .