ASSAULT CASE La Salle player is charged
Police are also investigating another alleged rape.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A La Salle University basketball player was charged with sexual assault and authorities said they were waiting for a second player to turn himself in in connection with an alleged attack last month.
The school's men's and women's basketball coaches had been placed on administrative leave, La Salle officials said Thursday.
Michael Cleaves, 22, who turned himself in Thursday night, faces charges of rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, sexual assault, unlawful restraint, false imprisonment, and conspiracy, along with other counts, authorities said.
The charges stem from an alleged incident involving a 19-year-old woman who told police she was assaulted by two players in a La Salle dormitory in June.
Officials announced earlier that men's coach Billy Hahn and women's coach John Miller were put on administrative leave with pay while police investigate.
"The coaches are not performing their current duties," said Joe Donovan, university spokesman on Thursday. "There's no specific timetable. It's linked to what we're trying to find out."
Donovan said the coaches were placed on leave Tuesday. Assistant Bill Dooley will oversee the men's program while assistant Tom Lochner will coach the women.
Allegation
Police were also investigating an allegation of another attack more than a year ago.
After the initial accusations, detectives learned that a player on the La Salle women's basketball team said she had been raped by a men's team player in April 2003 but never reported it to police.
Hahn is 37-53 in three seasons at La Salle.
The men's team has never recaptured its success from the 1980s, when it made five of its 11 trips to the NCAA tournament. The Explorers haven't made the tournament since 1992. The 2004 season was the 50th anniversary of La Salle's only NCAA championship.
Miller has coached the Explorers for 18 seasons, going 317-203 with two NCAA tournament appearances.
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