Suspended Michigan State football coach Mel Tucker has called allegations of sexual harassment “completely false” in a statement released Monday evening by the law firm representing him.
Tucker, whose suspension was announced by athletic director Alan Haller on Sunday in a 5 p.m. news conference with school officials, is the subject of an investigation regarding a sexual harassment complaint made against him by well-known rape survivor and activist, Brenda Tracy.
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“The proceedings initiated by Ms. Tracy are devoid of any semblance of fairness for any matter of this importance, and the University’s 'hearing' scheduled for October 5-6 is so flawed that there is no other opportunity for the truth to come out.