Mixon settles assault suit

Former Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon settled a lawsuit filed by a woman he punched nearly three years ago, the parties said in a joint statement.

The statement said the two spoke in person, and Amelia Molitor’s lawsuit has been “amicably resolved and dismissed.”

Mixon is one of the most talented running backs available but could drop in the next week’s NFL draft because of the incident. He was not invited to the NFL combine.

Mixon punched Molitor in July 2014 and broke bones in her face. He was suspended from the team for a year after the incident In other news: • Michigan State defensive end Auston Robertson was dismissed from the team after being charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct in an alleged rape earlier this month. Robertson, 19, is accused of forcing a woman to have sex with him at her apartment April 8 in Meridian Township, near the East Lansing school. Three other Spartans football players are part of a sexual-assault investigation after a January incident. Those three players have been suspended.