Lansing – Three former Michigan State University football players accused of sexual assault learned Wednesday they will avoid jail time, thanks to pleading guilty in April to violating an archaic law that predates the Civil War.
Josh King, Donnie Corley Jr. and Demetric Vance were sentenced Wednesday in Ingham County Circuit Court to three years’ probation. They also must undergo sex offender treatment and therapy.
The three ex-players had faced more serious sexual assault charges but pleaded guilty in April to the reduced charge of seducing an unmarried woman.
The obscure statute calls for up to five years in prison, although Ingham County prosecutors recommended no jail time.