Overview
- U-M retained New York-based Patterson Belknap to run an independent review of posts attributed to Acker in a public Slack channel, and shared a tip line for information.
- The university had already opened a case Tuesday after Regents Mark Bernstein and Michael Behm reported the matter and urged a thorough, fair, and swift inquiry.
- SACUA, the faculty senate’s executive committee, said the reported posts lewdly speculated about a student’s sex life and urged Acker to resign if the claims are verified.
- Acker, through his attorney, denies ever using Slack, while X user Jeff Moss says he supplied the messages to The Guardian and will show investigators documentation.
- The Guardian’s report circulated at the Michigan Democratic Party’s endorsement convention over the weekend, and delegates declined to renominate Acker, keeping him off the November ballot.