EAST LANSING, Mich. (WOOD) -- An Ingham County judge has decided two women who say former Michigan State University Dean William Strampel recruited them to be "clinical skills models" will not be allowed to testify at his preliminary hearing next month.
Last month, the Michigan Attorney General's Office filed a motion that detailed interviews with two women who told similar stories about Strampel.
The former dean allegedly solicited them to act as patients for the MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine, which is a legitimate program. Instead, he paid them in cash and allegedly made sexual comments after doing full-body exams in front of medical students.
The motion, submitted last week and obtained by 24 Hour News 8, argued their testimony would act as additional evidence to support the testimony of the four victims involved in the criminal case.
>>PDF: AG's motion to include the women's testimony
The four charges against Strampel include felony misconduct in office and sexual assault.
Judge Richard Ball denied the motion during a hearing in East Lansing Thursday morning.
The denial comes the same week Strampel's former boss, MSU Provost June Youatt, confirmed the university was aware of alleged inappropriate behavior in 2015 but still let him keep his position as dean.
Strampel's preliminary hearing, which will determine whether there is enough evidence to send the case to a trial, is set for the beginning of June.