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MSU Medical Resident Pleads Guilty To Sex Assault

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Reginald Hardwick
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WKAR-MSU

A Michigan State University medical resident who authorities say sexually assaulted two women at university health center has pleaded guilty.

The Lansing State Journal reports 32-year-old Michael Phinn of Fowlerville entered pleas this week to second-degree criminal sexual conduct, assault with intent to commit sexual contact, unauthorized access to a computer and a count of using a computer to commit a crime. Police said Phinn forced the women to watch videos of him pleasuring himself after the assaults.

Phinn originally faced more than two dozen charges, including first-degree criminal sexual conduct. He'll get between roughly 6 and 15 years in prison when sentenced.

Phinn worked in the MSU Neurology Clinic and police say the women weren't his patients. He was charged in October, about a week after the women reported the allegations to police.

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