Ex-Michigan State football player ordered to trial
Posted June 22, 2017 7:00 am
MASON, Mich. (AP) - Former Michigan State football player Auston Robertson has been ordered to trial on sexual assault charges.
A 20-year-old woman testified Thursday that Robertson raped her at her off-campus apartment in April. The defensive end from Fort Wayne, Indiana, was kicked off the team after he was charged.
The woman said her boyfriend, a football player, told a coach, who notified police.
Defense attorney David Rosenberg told the Lansing State Journal (http://on.lsj.com/2rZpFe8 ) that it's a "weak case." The 19-year-old Robertson next hopes to play football at a Mississippi community college.
Three other former players face sexual assault charges in an unrelated case. They also were kicked off the football team.
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