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Michigan State University released a statement on Monday, Sept. 18, saying it intends to terminate the contract of football coach Mel Tucker for cause following a sexual harassment allegation.
Tucker is accused of sexually harassing activist and rape survivor Brenda Tracy during a phone call last year.
According to the report, Tracy became friends with Tucker over her advocacy work, but the relationship took a turn in April 2022 when he allegedly masturbated during a phone call.
Less than 24 hours after the allegation was made public in a USA Today report, MSU announced on Sunday, Sept. 10, that Tucker was suspended.
In the statement featuring overseer overtones, athletic director Alan Haller says Tucker has seven calendar days to respond “and present reasons to me and the interim president as to why he should not be terminated.”
“This action does not conclude the ongoing Office for Civil Rights case; that rigorous process will continue,” Haller said.
In a statement last week, Tucker said the allegation was “completely false.”
MSU Athletics sent a letter to the third-year coach and said the contract could be terminated early if the coach “engages in any conduct which constitutes moral turpitude or which, in the university’s reasonable judgment, would tend to bring public disrespect, contempt or ridicule upon the university.”
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