Former Spartan Mateen Cleaves' sexual assault charges dismissed by judge

Cleaves, 39, of Grand Blanc, had been accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a Flint-area motel in 2015.

He was charged with two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct and one count each of unlawful imprisonment, assault with intent to commit sexual penetration and second-degree criminal sexual conduct.

Cleaves’ attorney, Frank Manley, said the case “doesn’t add up” and said: “This didn’t happen the way it’s put forward.” He argued that there was no assault and there wasn’t enough on the record to send the case to trial.

On the stand Monday was Mundy Township police Sgt. Todd Johnson who on Friday said the alleged victim told him she had not been raped. Johnson said he was one of four officers to answer a call of “trouble” at the motel in the early morning hours of Sept. 15, 2015. Johnson said he asked the woman about being physically hurt or assaulted she told him “no,” that she had not been.