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>> you you had a teacher who repeatedly raped one of his own students and you are trying to get him $10,000. please explain that? >> i don't have any comment. >> you know you are hurting the student and his family even more. don't you care? >> no comment. >> and he doesn't care. joining us now from lansing michigan, bill schuette, the attorney general of that state. so you did the right thing. your office, and the local district attorney. prosecuted this man, got a very stiff sentence, up to 30 years. okay. then the union steps in and wants to get him 10 grand severance pay or something like t...

Molester wants to collect a reward of $10,000 i'm slamming the door on that. that's not going testimony ha. today i spoke to the young man that was raped and was 12 years old and went on for a long period of time. he endured a terrible experience. i assured him, again, i'm going to slam the door on this and this guy is not going to put a dime in his back pocket. >> how can you do that legally? what mechanism will you use to shut the union down? >> well, i am going to fight this very hard, bill. number one, we filed a complaint today that in essence will freeze any assets that this guy, again, ...

Laura are angry, broken-hearted. you can understand that, as the family has been torn apart by this. adding to that is the fact that the michigan education association, the union that erickson belonged to continues to support this monster demanding that he be given $10,000 in severance pay. bill spoke to the family last week. >> your son, at age 12, met this man erickson right? he was a teacher and he took an interest in your boy? >> yes. he did. he was a well-known person. we wouldn't have thought twice about anything. >> does your son ever mention the teacher? >> well, i worked with all of t...

>> this group of teachers was a tight clique, but after i found out in the courtroom that these teachers that were sitting there wrote letters of leniency. i got to read them the following week. i just couldn't understand it. >> the union came in and is demanding, what, $10,000 in severance pay for this guy? is that what's happening? >> yes. >> yes, it is. another slap in our face. >> and the school district isn't going to give him the money though, i don't think. >> the school board has went ahead and said no. and the union has filed a grievance against school boards. >> unbelievable. >> when...

>> this group of teachers was a tight clique, but after i found out in the courtroom that these teachers that were sitting there wrote letters of leniency. i got to read them the following week. i just couldn't understand it. >> the union came in and is demanding, what, $10,000 in severance pay for this guy? is that what's happening? >> yes. >> yes, it is. another slap in our face. >> and the school district isn't going to give him the money though, i don't think. >> the school board has went ahead and said no. and the union has filed a grievance against school boards. >> unbelievable. >> when...