Former Northwestern University offensive lineman Ramon Diaz is suing the school and its recently fired football coach Pat Fitzgerald over allegations of racism and hazing during his time on the team.
“My experience playing football at Northwest University haunts me to this day. I never will forget the mistreatment that I experienced for those four years,” said Diaz, who is Latino, at a news conference in Chicago on Wednesday. Diaz was a member of Northwestern’s football team from 2005 to 2008.
Yates’ attorney, Ben Crump, has told CNN his legal team is planning to file dozens more lawsuits against the university alleging abuses across several of its teams. The lawsuit brought by Diaz says the player was forced to participate in a hazing tradition known as a “car wash” in which he was forced to rub against the naked bodies and genitalia of other teammates in order to enter the locker room showers.
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