JUST IN: Michigan’s coach has been accused of sexually harassing a rape survivor…

Two years ago, one of the nation’s top college football coaches and a notable rape survivor joined forces to combat

the culture of sexual violence in sports.

Their collaboration should have had a positive impact. Instead, it has turned into a controversy, with the activist

charging the coach of the very wrongdoing that they both condemned.

The accused is Mel Tucker, Michigan State University’s head football coach and one of the highest-paid coaches in

sports. Brenda Tracy, a rape survivor who has dedicated her life to educating athletes about sexual abuse, is the one

accusing him.

Over the course of eight months, they formed a professional relationship focused on her advocacy work. Tucker

welcomed Tracy to school three times: twice to meet with his players and staff, and once to be named honorary

captain for the team’s spring football game.

However, Tracy claims that their relationship was upended during a phone call on April 28, 2022, in a complaint she

made with the university’s Title IX office in December, which is still being investigated.

Tracy’s complaint states that she sat transfixed for several minutes as Tucker made sexual remarks about her and

masturbated. His violation, she claimed, reactivated 25-year-old wounds from her rape by four men: two Oregon

State football players, a junior college player, and a high school recruit.

“The idea that someone could know me and say they understand my trauma but then re-inflict that trauma on me is

so disgusting to me, it’s hard for me to even wrap my mind around it,” she told the U.S. News & World Report. “It’s

like he sought me out just to betray me.”