US university's $490m sex-abuse settlement

Updated January 20 2022 - 11:10am, first published 4:37am
Dr. Robert Anderson, the University of Michigan's late sports doctor who sexually abused patients.
Dr. Robert Anderson, the University of Michigan's late sports doctor who sexually abused patients.

The University of Michigan will pay $US490 million ($A678 million) to 1,050 people to resolve claims of sexual assault against a former sports doctor, in a settlement spanning decades and involving mostly male athletes as victims.

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