Bo Schembechler statue on U-M campus defaced with red paint

Published Nov. 24, 2021 11:59 a.m. ET

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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A statue on the University of Michigan campus of legendary football coach Glenn “Bo” Schembechler has been vandalized with paint and a message supporting sexual assault victims of a former sports doctor has been scrawled on the steps beneath it.

A crew was working Wednesday to remove red paint splattered on the statue outside the Ann Arbor school’s football building,

Written in black on the steps was: “Bo knew #hailtothevictims.”

The university said Wednesday in a statement that the vandalism was under investigation.

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Former Michigan football players

Schembechler’s son, Matt,

An email sent to the Free Press Wednesday morning read, “This action is done in solidarity with the Hail to the Victims campaign,” according to the newspaper.

“Bo pulled strings and bent over backwards to ensure that Anderson could keep his job,” the email continued. “It is time for the world to know that Bo is responsible for the abuse of innumerable Michigan football players.”

Some have called for Schembechler’s

Anderson retired in 2003 and died in 2008.

Schembechler, who died in 2006, is hailed as the greatest coach of college football’s winningest program. He led the Wolverines from 1969-89, won 194 games at the school, and had 234 victories including wins over six seasons at Miami of Ohio.

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