EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Three Michigan State players have been charged with sexual assault for an alleged attack that occurred in January, according to a statement from the Ingham County prosecutor Monday afternoon.
"I have decided to authorize sexual assault charges against the three persons whose warrants were requested by the MSU Police," prosecutor Carol Siemon said. "We are alleging that on the night of January 16, those three persons sexually assaulted a woman in an East Lansing apartment on campus."
The players have not yet been named.
Michigan State University police originally requested four arrest warrants from the prosecutor, but Siemon declined to bring obstruction charges on the fourth warrant against "another individual who previously worked for the football program.