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Sex assault charges against Mateen Cleaves dismissed

A Flint district court judge dismissed sexual assault charges Monday against former Michigan State University basketball star Mateen Cleaves.

Prosecutors accused Cleaves, 39, of Grand Blanc, of sexually assaulting a woman at a Flint area motel in September 2015. He was facing two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct and one count each of unlawful imprisonment, assault with intent to commit sexual penetration and second-degree criminal sexual conduct.

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Flint 67th District Judge M.