Ex-Duke basketball player accused of sexually assaulting 2 women

Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski did not comment during a Monday news conference on allegations he knew that Rasheed Sulaimon, who was dismissed from the team in January, was alleged to have sexually assaulted two women during the 2013-14 academic year.

Sulaimon was kicked off the team on Jan. 29. Krzyzewski said the junior guard “repeatedly struggled to meet the necessary obligations” of being a member of the team.

Sulaimon was the first player dismissed by Krzyzewski during his tenure at Duke.

Duke’s student newspaper, the Chronicle, reported Monday that Sulaimon was accused of sexual assault by two women, who told others of what took place. The women did not file complaints with the university or Durham, N.C., police department.

The Chronicle reported Krzyzewski and other members of the athletic department knew of the allegations in March 2014, 10 months before Sulaimon was kicked off the team.

When queried on Monday, Krzyzewski replied: “”Yeah, I don’t have any comment about that. Thanks for asking, though.”