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Former Michigan State Basketball Player Travis Walton Denies Assault Allegations in ESPN Report

Former Michigan State basketball player and coach Travis Walton issued a statement to deny allegations from an ESPN report that he punched a woman and sexually assaulted another woman when he was a student assistant coach for the Spartans.

The ESPN report by Outside The Lines was released on Friday and accused Walton of punching a female student in the face at an East Lansing bar in January 2010. The report also said Walton and two other basketball players were accused of sexually assaulting a female student. The woman did not report it to police but discussed it with then-athletic director Mark Hollis.