ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Matt Schembechler, the son of former Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler and a survivor of sexual assault by former University of Michigan doctor Robert Anderson, will speak to the media at 1 p.m. Thursday. He will be joined by his attorneys and two former Michigan football players, alongside their attorneys. Matt intends to address his father’s failure to protect him and other athletes at Michigan. Matt, Daniel Kwiatkowski and Gilvanni Johnson plan to tell their stories in front of the media, explaining Anderson’s action during their playing careers. According to a news release, Kwiatkowski, who played offensive tackle with the Wolverines from 1977-79 under Bo Schembechler, was treated and abused on four occasions by Anderson. Johnson, a Michigan wide receiver from 1982-86, was treated and abused more than 15 times. The news release said Kwiatkowski was first assaulted in 1977 during his first football physical. When he reported the incident to his coach, and Bo Schembechler told him to “toughen up.”Johnson was assaulted in 1982 during his first physical, according to the news release. After Bo said he would address the issue with the medical staff, no changes were made. According to the Detroit Free Press, the law firm WilmerHale investigated in May and concluded that Anderson’s misconduct was reported “several times between 1978 and 1981,” but that a “senior University administrator … did not take appropriate action.”Matt Schembechler told his father about Anderson’s sexual assault dating back Bo’s first season as the Michigan head coach in 1969. Anderson went on to work as a doctor at the University until 2002 and served as the head medical doctor for Bo Schembechler’s teams. Former Penn State Fullback’s Life-Threatening DiseaseBrian Milne, who overcame Hodgkin’s lymphoma to play football at the college and professional levels, is dealing with another life-threatening disease. The former Penn State fullback, now 48, suffered a stroke on June 2. He was moved from his home near Cincinnati to Ashland, Ohio before entering the Ohio Health Clinic in Columbus.“I later found out it was cerebellum stroke, much like (former National Football League linebacker) Teddy Bruschi’s,” Milne said. “I also learned I’ve had a hole in my heart since birth and with all the tests and surgeries fighting Hodgkin’s disease, no one found this hole. I’m a very private person, but with this I will overcome and be stronger in the end.“I wanted to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers. Special thanks to my wife Tammy Jean and (son) Connor for being by my side.”Milne has surgery scheduled in July to close the hole. During the weekend of Oct. 29, Milne will be inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. He is a member of the 2020 class, but the official induction was postponed due to COVID-19. Milne missed his senior season at Fort LeBoeuf High School in Waterford, Pennsylvania, due to Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
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