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Testimony to resume in Mateen Cleaves sex assault case

FLINT, MI - After a

two-week hiatus

The hearing for the Mateen Cleaves sex assault case is postponed for two weeks due to a family death, the court confirmed.The third day of the preliminary exam in the case involving the former basketball star was set to begin at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 17.

due to a death in the defense attorney's family, the preliminary exam in a sex assault case involving former Michigan State basketball star Mateen Cleaves is scheduled to resume Thursday, Dec. 1.

Cleaves, 39, was arraigned in March on multiple felony charges, including counts of unlawful imprisonment and criminal sexual conduct.