EAST LANSING – An independent investigation into Michigan State’s handling of two separate cases of allegations of sexual assault involving four football players found no evidence that football coach Mark Dantonio violated the school’s relationship violence and sexual misconduct policy.
However, the law firm Jones Day, in its 14-page report, determined that a football staff member violated MSU’s policy. The investigation was unable to gauge the severity of any such violation, and the football staff member involved declined to be interviewed by investigators.
MSU has never identified Curtis Blackwell as that staff member, but his contract was not renewed when it expired May 31 following two one-month renewals.