A former Michigan State University football staffer is suing former university president Lou Anna Simon, head football coach Mark Dantonio and other school officials, alleging his rights were violated when he was accused of covering up sexual assault allegations against athletes.
In a lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court, Curtis Blackwell says MSU officials "feeling the heat from the Larry Nassar cover-up, and eager to prove they were tough on cover-ups, ran roughshod" over his rights when he was "wrongly" accused of covering up for MSU athletes involved in an alleged sexual assault of a female co-ed in 2011.