CLEVELAND (AP) — Youngstown State University says it will review its policies on athletics and other student activities following the settlement of a lawsuit with a football player convicted of rape as a teen.
Steubenville resident Ma’lik Richmond sued the university after they allowed him to join the team and then told him he couldn’t play this season.
An attorney for Richmond says he’ll remain on the football team under the deal announced Monday. The university says Richmond will undergo unspecified training as part of the agreement.
Richmond had been told in August that he couldn’t play after a student circulated a petition to keep him off the team.
Richmond filed suit against his school Sept. 13. A judge issued a temporary order the next day allowing Richmond to play.