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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Prosecutors in both Ingham and Isabella&amp;nbsp;(Mich.) counties are reviewing allegations that Michigan State softball coaches intentionally hit former player Alyssa McBride with balls during batting practice, according to&amp;nbsp;a police report&amp;nbsp;obtained by the&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Detroit News&lt;/em&gt;.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The report, which the &lt;em&gt;Detroit News&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;obtained in full for the first time Monday night, also shows text messages from&amp;nbsp;assistant coach Jessica&amp;nbsp;Bograkos&amp;nbsp;who says she's hit \"hundreds of players\" over the years in practice.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;McBride was hit by pitches in two separate practices in the wake of making an off-the-record comment to a reporter that was critical of coaches, the&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;News&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;said.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The team's sports information director caught wind of the comments and relayed them back to head coach&amp;nbsp;Jacquie&amp;nbsp;Joseph, the report said.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;\u2022&amp;nbsp;LSU softball team brings live fish into dugout for good luck&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A team manager texted McBride that he overheard Joseph telling&amp;nbsp;Bograkos that Bograkos could hit McBride, but that if Joseph hit McBride it would be considered \"coach retaliation.\"&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Joseph issued a statement categorically denying all allegations.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Attorneys for Bograkos&amp;nbsp;sent McBride and her stepfather a cease and desist letter that categorized McBride's allegations as defamatory.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;County prosecutors will determine what, if any punishment, to level against the coaches in the coming days.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Michigan State is initiating its own, separate investigation.&amp;nbsp;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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