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A former Northwestern University football player is speaking out amid hazing allegations that prompted the school to suspend its head coach for two weeks.
In an interview with The Daily Northwestern, the anonymous former student-athlete detailed the hazing allegations investigated by the University, including how some of the misconduct included coerced sexual acts—and that head coach Pat Fitzgerald may have been aware. A second player also confirmed the hazing incidents to the student-newspaper.
“I’ve seen it with my own eyes, and it’s just absolutely egregious and vile and inhumane behavior,” the former player, who said he reported his experience in late November 2022, said. “It’s just a really abrasive and barbaric culture that has permeated throughout that program for years on end now.”