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Senate passes bipartisan bills aimed at preventing sexual assault
A bipartisan bill package aimed at preventing sexual assault and protecting survivors cleared the Michigan Senate on Tuesday, nearly two years after the measures were first introduced. Senate Bill 223 requires schools to provide age-appropriate educational material and resources regarding sexual assault and harassment to students. SB 224 prohibits sexual contact and penetration under pretext […]
MSU board appoints Provost Teresa Woodruff as interim president
The Michigan State University Board of Trustees unanimously voted Monday to appoint Provost Teresa Woodruff as the university’s interim president after President Samuel Stanley announced his resignation earlier this month. Board of Trustees Chair Dianne Byrum said the board met with a variety of stakeholders and groups during their process to find an interim president. […]
Susan J. Demas: Adults who choose to bully LGBTQ+ children are weird — and profoundly broken
Twelve years ago, the LGBTQ+ community started a powerful campaign to help young people with three simple words: “It gets better.” Growing up gay or trans is often devastatingly hard, from enduring slurs hurled by kids at school to having abusive parents who kick you out of the house just because of who you are […]
Some MSU survivor advocates speak out against Engler helping Dixon with debate prep
Updated, 2:33 p.m., 10/13/22 The last time GOP former Gov. John Engler had a significant role in Michigan was during a tumultuous year leading Michigan State University in the aftermath of the Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics sexual abuse scandal, when he became a top adversary of survivors and their families. Engler resigned as MSU’s […]
Updated: MSU President Samuel Stanley resigns, citing lack of confidence in trustees
Updated, 2:49 p.m.. 5:10 p.m., 10/13/22, with additional comments from Gov. Whitmer In a video released to the university Thursday morning, Michigan State University President Samuel Stanley gave his 90-day notice of resignation. Stanley’s decision to resign follows votes of no confidence in the university’s Board of Trustees from MSU’s Faculty Senate and the Associated […]
Susan J. Demas: Republicans said KBJ was soft on pedophiles. But they have a Michigan problem.
If you sat through the excruciating Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson, it was clear just how exceptional the first Black female justice in history had to be just to get there. Just compare Jackson’s composure and legal analysis in hearings to Brett Kavanagh, who was credibly accused of sexual assault (which naturally […]
Details surface of former Speaker Chatfield’s alleged sexual abuse of sister-in-law
The person former House Speaker Lee Chatfield (R-Levering) is accused of sexually assaulting for more than a decade, beginning when she was a child, is his sister-in-law. The Michigan State Police is investigating the complaint, which was first filed with the Lansing Police Department on Dec. 24, 2021. Rebekah Chatfield, now 26, said the assaults […]
Police investigating ex-Speaker Lee Chatfield for allegedly sexually assaulting child
Michigan State Police are investigating former state House Speaker Lee Chatfield (R-Levering) after a woman filed a criminal complaint accusing him of sexually assaulting her over 12 years, beginning when she was 14 or 15 years old, according to police and the complainant’s attorney. The now 26-year-old woman first filed the complaint with the Lansing […]
Prosecutor: ‘There’s not one person in this community who will vouch for’ the Crumbleys
After a manhunt that resulted in James Crumbley, 45, and Jennifer Crumbley, 43, being arrested around 1:30 a.m. Saturday after hiding out in a Detroit building, the parents of Oxford High School shooting suspect Ethan Crumbley were arraigned Saturday morning. Ethan Crumbley, 15, is accused of murdering four students and injuring seven other people at […]
Sexual assault survivors urge lawmakers to revise statute of limitations, govt. immunity laws
Survivors of sexual abuse from two former university doctors want the Legislature to reform laws regarding sexual assault. Dr. Robert Anderson was the former head of the University Health Service and a physician for the University of Michigan Athletic Department for 35 years. He died in 2008. Hundreds of former patients have since come forward […]