In lawsuits, men called sex assault investigations flawed

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'The U.S Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights found last year that MSU failed victims by taking too long to investigate reports of sexual misconduct, a position echoed by a growing number of women who say they were assaulted on campus.

The men in these three cases argued that the process doesn’t serve the accused well, either.

Each of these students alleged MSU was too eager to cast them out and too lax in its investigation of the claims against them, that witnesses were not placed under oath, attorneys’ participation in disciplinary hearings was severely curtailed and even MSU’s own investigators failed, in some instances, to follow internal policies.

"With all due respect to Michigan State, the reality here is they haven't caught up to the sanction they are imposing," George Brookover, the East Lansing attorney who represented all three students, told Ingham County Judge Clinton Canady III on Jan. 6.'