An attorney representing a Michigan State football player for his involvement in the tunnel melee following Michigan’s 29-7 victory last month said the incident was started by a Wolverine.
David Diamond, a Los Angeles-based lawyer who graduated from MSU, released a statement claiming the altercation was started by a Michigan football player who “engaged with Spartan athletes with his helmet and a swinging punch."
“We have learned that the U-M player started the altercation,” Diamond said in the statement sent to the Free Press. “Eyewitnesses have described it as charging with his helmet and throwing a punch … the justice system is designed for impartiality.