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Former MSU football player Auston Robertson apprehended, waiting to be extradited

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Former MSU defensive lineman Auston Robertson is being held in a Ft. Wayne, Ind. jail and is awaiting to be extradited back to Michigan, officials said.

Steve Hetherington, a supervisory deputy for the U.S. Marshal’s Western District of Michigan office said Robertson, 19, was arrested without incident in his hometown of Fort Wayne on Saturday. Fort Wayne police also confirmed Robertson was in their custody and was awaiting to be extradited on Monday afternoon.

Robertson is awaiting a return back to Michigan after allegedly raping a girl inside her Meridian Township apartment on April 9.