Mateen Cleaves listens as his defense attorney Frank J. Manley present opening arguments during the first day of preliminary examination of Cleaves on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016 at Genesee District ...

FLINT, Mich. -- Former Michigan State basketball star Mateen Cleaves was acquitted Tuesday of charges alleging that he sexually assaulted a woman in a motel room four years ago. Cleaves, 41, had ...

A police official testified Thursday, Aug. 15 that the alleged victim in the Mateen Cleaves sexual assault case didn’t say she was assaulted by the former Michigan State University basketball star.

Dwayne Wade gets his prediction right as Phoenix Suns appoint former Spartan Mateen Cleaves in Player Development Role.

Mateen Cleaves has long attracted attention for his play on a basketball court.. His appearance in criminal court for trial on rape charges proved no different. As Cleaves walked into Genesee ...

NCAA champion joins the Suns as a player development coach, reuniting with former teammate and current Suns owner Matt Ishbia.

Mateen Cleaves, 38, is facing sexual assault charges in Michigan, where he was a star high school and college basketball player. Here is what you need to know. Go to main menu.

Mateen Cleaves' lawyer: Criminal probe 'private matter' Contact Elisha Anderson: eanderson@freepress.com or 313-222-5144. Sports writer Joe Rexrode and the A ssociated Press contributed to this report ...

Cleaves joins several other individuals with Michigan State connections within the Suns organization, including GM Brian Gregory and personnel evaluator Charlie Bell. LAS VEGAS – The Phoenix Suns ...

GRAND BLANC, Mich. — Video from the night Mateen Cleaves was accused of sexual assault shows his accuser struggling and pulling away from the ex-Michigan State University star as he attempts to ...

Mateen Cleaves is charged with assaulting a woman at a motel in 2015. (AP) Coleen Dowdall, who lives in Room 125 of the motel, is likely the key witness to the case.

Video has emerged of former Michigan State basketball star Mateen Cleaves trying to bring the half-naked woman who accused him of sexual assault back toward a motel room. The video was shown during… ...