REPORT: Mel Tucker Under Investigation For Allegations Of Sexual Harassment

Michigan State head football coach Mel Tucker is under investigation for allegations of sexual harassment, according to a report published by USA Today.

In a bizarre twist, the complaint was filed by Brenda Tracy, a public speaker who has devoted her life to advocating for sexual assault survivors. Tracy claims that she was subject to several instances of sexual harassment by Mel Tucker in April 2022 including sending her gifts, asking if she would date him if he wasn't married, and masturbating during one of their phone calls without her consent.

The sexual harassment complaint was filed in December 2022 according to the report from USA Today. In March of that same year, Tucker wrote a letter to the investigator and suggested that the relationship with Tracy was mutually consensual. Tucker admitted to a specific allegation of masturbating during a phone call with Tracy, but claimed that it was part of consensual phone sex.

Mel Tucker being accused of sexually harassing a sexual assault survivor he invited to speak to the team is one of the most insane things I've ever read. pic.twitter.com/KVoSU13UJj
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"Ms. Tracy's distortion of our mutually consensual and intimate relationship into allegations of sexual exploitation has really affected me," Tucker wrote in the March 2022 letter to the investigator. "I am not proud of my judgment and I am having difficulty forgiving myself for getting into this situation, but I did not engage in misconduct by any definition."

Tracy, who operates a nonprofit organization called 'Set The Expectation', is a survivor of a sexual assault that occurred back in the late 90's. As part of her mission, Tracy has visited over 100 college campuses in recent years to talk with players and coaches about the issue of sexual misconduct.

We'll have more on this story as it develops.