Michigan State Coach Quells Firing Suit Related to Sex Assault

May 21, 2020, 3:37 PM UTC

Michigan State University’s head football coach, ex-president, and former athletic director won dismissal of claims they violated the Fifth Amendment rights of a former member of the school’s football staff, who alleges he was let go for failing to cooperate with the investigation of a sexual assault by members of the football team.

The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan dismissed the claims against Mark Dantonio, former head coach of the MSU football team, former MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon, and former athletic director Mark Hollis, and removed the plaintiff’s attorneys from the case after finding ...

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