Michigan State leaders say they didn't know the details of sexual harassment claims against Mel Tucker until weekend news reports. Here's what they've said about the investigative timeline and what we know about the school's policy governing that process.
Woodruff said Sunday that Michigan State's decision to suspend Tucker this weekend and not earlier in the investigative process was made in an effort to appropriately handle the claim. She said the decision"might sound like the MSU of old" -- an apparent reference to the university's previous failures to properly handle sexual misconduct claims involving high-profile employees -- but"it was not.
University spokeswoman Emily Guerrant told ESPN later Sunday that Haller knew in December that the alleged victim was a third-party vendor who worked with the school. Woodruff told the Lansing State Journal on Monday that she learned Tracy was the complainant after the investigator concluded her report in July. Guerrant said neither Haller nor Woodruff knew the details of the complaint before reading news reports over the weekend.
Haller told reporters Sunday he put in place some interim measures after learning about the investigation, including an order for Tucker not to contact Tracy and"increased oversight" of the football program. He did not specify the timing of those measures. Michigan State's Office of Institutional Equity has been criticized for several years for the length of time it takes to investigate complaints. Over one year -- from May 2022 to May 2023 -- the university received more than 150 complaints under the relationship violence and sexual misconduct policy from non-students against faculty or staff, according to records reviewed by ESPN.
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