FLINT, Mich. -- A jury has acquitted former Michigan State basketball player Mateen Cleaves on charges alleging he sexually assaulted a woman in a motel room four years ago.
The verdict announced Tuesday in a Genesee County courtroom in Cleaves' hometown of Flint came after a nearly-two week trial that included the testimony of the Mount Morris woman, who told jurors that she had wanted to leave the motel room but Cleaves continued to force himself on her.
Evidence against Cleaves included a video that prosecutors contended showed the woman pulling away from Cleaves.