Ex-Michigan State Staffer's Suit Dismissed

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Former Michigan State football staff member Curtis Blackwell saw his federal lawsuit against former MSU officials dismissed by a U.S. District Judge on Wednesday.

According to MLive.com, Blackwell had filed a federal lawsuit against former head football coach Mark Dantonio, former university president Lou Anna Simon and former athletic director Mark Hollis alleging that they had violated his right to due process by not renewing his contract after Blackwell refused to speak to police in connection to an investigation into how sexual assault allegations against football players were handled. That investigation eventually generated a report, which cleared all university officials — except Blackwell himself — of wrongdoing. Blackwell filed his lawsuit in November of 2018.

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