After multiple allegations of sexual hazing inside Northwestern’s football program were reported and confirmed by investigator Maggie Hickey, several lawsuits are imminent against the broader university and a myriad of athletic programs.
On Monday morning, civil rights attorney Ben Crump and the law firm Levin & Perconti announced that former Northwestern student-athletes have retained the duo as council to bring a lawsuit against NU. In a press release, the lawyers say that they have uncovered “a vast array of incidents of abuse in the Northwestern Football Program.” In their discovery, the lawyers claim that one of the former student-athletes was 17 years old — considered a minor — when he arrived on campus.