MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating an allegation that former Wisconsin athletic official John Chadima sexually assaulted a student employee.
Detective Jesse Alvarado confirmed the investigation to the Wisconsin State Journal (http://bit.ly/GVAwHB) on Friday. Alvarado would not give details, citing confidentiality in sexual assault cases.
Chadima was suspended and resigned in January after a male student employee accused him of grabbing his crotch at a pre-Rose Bowl party at a Los Angeles hotel in December.
In January, an LAPD spokesman told the State Journal the department was not conducting a criminal investigation. But this week, Alvarado said in a letter to a Madison resident that the department had begun a criminal investigation.