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Family of Michigan player attacked in tunnel by Michigan State players plans to press charges
By Crissy Froyd
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Things got heated and quickly turned ugly in the tunnel during the rivalry game between Michigan and Michigan State.
The father of Gemon Green, the Michigan player who was struck with a helmet, recently spoke out. According to a report from Tom VanHaaren of ESPN, the family is planning to press charges and take legal action on those involved.
He also says that Green was struck with a helmet in the face, back and shoulder.
I spoke to the father of Gemon Green, the Michigan football player hit with a helmet in the tunnel. He said the family is planning to press charges and take legal action on those involved.
He said Gemon was struck with a helmet in the face, back and shoulder.
— Tom VanHaaren (@TomVH) October 31, 2022
Following the incident when it originally occurred, Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh made clear that some type of legal action would be pursued.
I spoke to the father of Gemon Green, the Michigan football player hit with a helmet in the tunnel. He said the family is planning to press charges and take legal action on those involved.
He said Gemon was struck with a helmet in the face, back and shoulder.
— Tom VanHaaren (@TomVH) October 31, 2022
Michigan AD Warde Manuel spoke at Jim Harbaugh's press conference and gave a long, angry statement. Manuel says he spoke with Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren (here tonight) and with local law enforcement and will let them handle it.
"It is completely and utterly unacceptable." https://t.co/kXjxX22VNa
— Matt Fortuna (@Matt_Fortuna) October 30, 2022
The campus police at Michigan released a statement on the investigation over the weekend.
“University of Michigan Police, in partnership with MSU Police, Michigan athletics and the Michigan football team, is actively reviewing footage and investigating the post-game incident,” University of Michigan Deputy Chief of Police Melissa Overton said. “Situations like these, and the safety of the community, are taken very seriously.”
Crissy covers SEC football news for Saturday Down South.
