EAST LANSING, Mich. (WOOD) -- Two more women with similar stories about former Michigan State University Dean William Strampel, who's accused of sexual misconduct, are willing to testify against him in court, a motion filed by the Michigan Attorney General's Office says.
Strampel was arraigned last month on charges for allegedly groping and harassing female students, soliciting nude photos from female students and stockpiling porn on his university computer. In February, MSU announced its intent to fire Strampel after allowing him to take medical leave in December 2017.
The criminal case involves four victims, but court documents show the AG's Office wants to include testimony from two more women during Strampel's preliminary hearing in order to prove that "Dean Strampel is not an amusing, bawdy elder statesman. Rather, he is an ugly predator who used his office to harm young women."
The women, identified as "Witness 1" and "Witness 2" in court documents, allege Strampel recruited them to be "clinical skills models" for the MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine, of which he was dean.
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The documents filed by prosecutors allege neither woman was asked to sign paperwork to take part in the program. Strampel paid them in cash.