CASH SETTLEMENT: Michigan State pays 725K to Innocent Accused Keith Mumphery
Michigan State University paid a combined $1.2 million to a woman and a former football player who were embroiled in a Title IX investigation and subsequent lawsuits if they both agreed to “set aside” the findings of an investigation. The former female student, Jane Doe received $475,000 from the university. The football player, Keith Mumphery, received $725,000. The settlement ends a Title IX complaint saga.
Mumphery, who initially had been found not responsible in a 2015 Title IX investigation only to be found responsible the following year, sued MSU in May 2018, claiming that the school violated his due process rights, in part by not keeping him informed about the investigation’s proceedings and expelling him over what his lawsuit stated were false accusations. Mumphery has repeatedly denied the rape allegation, telling investigators that the woman willingly engaged in sexual contact and that she was the one trying to initiate vaginal sex, but she got angry when he insisted on wearing a condom. “The most troubling part of the case is that when Keith participated he was found not responsible, and then subsequently, without participating, he was found responsible,” Keith’s lawyer Andrew Miltenberg said.
“Almost everyone who comes to us in this situation who feels they’ve been defamed, their first question is ‘how to get my name back,'” Miltenberg said. “I don’t think that story is over yet for Keith.”
espn.com– Paula Lavigne
