Three Michigan State basketball players raped a student in 2015, one week after the Final Four loss to Duke, and the university coerced the woman not to report it to authorities, according to a federal lawsuit. Detroit Free Press
Weeks-long waits for counseling, staffing shortages and questionable behavior by counselors are among the issues sexual assault survivors seeking help from Michigan State University have faced in recent years, the Free Press has found.
Now, MSU’s counseling programs are at the center of a federal lawsuit alleging a student was discouraged from reporting she was raped by three men’s basketball players.