The families of seven former Illinois women's basketball players sent a letter to the university Thursday expressing their disappointment with the handling of an investigation into the program, according to a report by the Daily Illini, the school newspaper.
The letter obtained by the newspaper said the families "most strongly object to the manner in which the 'internal investigation' of mistreatment and abuses by the coaching staff was handled and is currently being handled by your office. We find this protocol unacceptable as well as completely disrespectful to the student athletes and their families affected by the coaches and coaching staff involved in these patterns of abuse.