A former Northwestern football player has filed a lawsuit against the university related to allegations of hazing inside the Wildcats football program.
The lawsuit, which was filed Tuesday morning in Cook County Circuit Court, lists Northwestern University, its board of trustees and former football coach Pat Fitzgerald, as defendants., current Northwestern president Michael Schill and athletic director Derrick Gragg, as well as former president Morton Schapiro, are also listed as defendants.
According to a press release from the Law Firm of Salvi, Schostok and Pritchard, the former player alleges the defendants “were negligent in to failing to prevent hazing traditions, failing to intervene in hazing traditions, and failing to protect students from acts that were assaultive, illegal, and often sexual in nature.”, also alleges racial discrimination within the football program. The plaintiff will seek damages in excess of $50,000, his attorneys told ESPN.
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