Former Michigan State basketball star Mateen Cleaves -- who was the backbone of the 2000 National Championship team -- has been charged with multiple crimes in connection to an alleged sexual assault.
Officials say 39-year-old Cleaves sexually assaulted a woman he met during a charity golf event back in 2015.
Cleaves allegedly took the woman to a motel in Grand Blanc, Michigan on Sept. 14th after offering her a ride home from a nearby bar ... and held he room the room against her will and sexually assaulted her.
The 24-year-old woman says she was able to escape and got help from someone in a nearby room.