EAST LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Michigan State University (MSU) head football coach Mel Tucker is being investigated for allegedly sexually harassing a rape victim over the phone.

A Title IX investigation alleges Tucker had nonconsensual phone sex with a rape survivor who was at the time working with the MSU football program on relationship violence education.

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Brenda Tracy, who was identified by a report in USA Today, says Tucker invited her to speak to student athletes about her experience being raped by three Oregon State University players and a high school recruit 25 years ago.

Tracy and her non-profit organization, Set the Expectation, had been invited to campus three times to speak to the MSU football team. Tracy said she and Tucker developed a friendship and alleges that during an April 28, 2022 phone call, Tucker had phone sex with her. In his statement to the Title IX investigator, Tucker acknowledged masturbating on the call but said Tracy grossly mischaracterized the episode. According to Tucker, they had consensual “phone sex.”

MSU head football coach, seen here in his official MSU photo, has been accused of sexually harassing a rape victim over the phone.

The documents say the phone sex was not consensual and Tracy filed a complaint with the school in December 2022.

MSU released a statement:

“Let me assure you that if any complaint came forward regarding a violation of the university’s Relationship Violence and Sexual Misconduct policy, it would be thoroughly reviewed and followed up on by MSU’s Office for Civil Rights. Confidentiality is important to the culture around reporting incidents – it’s crucial in creating a safe environment for individuals to come forward,” said MSU spokesperson Emily Guerrant. “Our commitment to our campus community and the public is to ensure that every complaint or concern brought forward is taken seriously and, when warranted, that a thorough investigation takes place. When investigations do happen, they need the ability to be conducted in a thorough and confidential manner.”

Michigan State University has a formal hearing scheduled for Oct. 5 and 6 during MSU football team’s bye week. The hearing will determine whether Tucker violated the school’s anti-sexual harassment policies and the federal Title IX law that bans sex discrimination in education.

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MSU vowed to change its culture after former disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar received a prison sentence for raping hundreds of young girls and women under the guise of treatment.