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Preliminary hearing for 3 ex-MSU football players accused of sexual assault pushed back to September

After originally scheduling preliminary hearings for June 22, Judge Richard Ball ruled in the 54-B District Court on Thursday to push back hearings for the three ex-MSU football players back until Sept. 21.

The decision came during a probable cause conference for the defendants, first reported by Kyle Austin of MLive. Court dockets from 54-B online records were not yet updated by the time of publication.

Preliminary hearing for Corley, King and Vance just postponed until Sept. 21 in 54-B district court in East Lansing

— Kyle Austin (@kylebaustin) June 15, 2017

Donnie Corley, Demetric Vance and Josh King are all accused of taking part in an alleged sexual assault that occurred during a party at a on-campus apartment in the early hours of Jan.