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Accusations of hazing at Northwestern University are mounting, with a female volleyball player planning to file a lawsuit against the school on Monday, arguing the athletics program was rife with bullying, retaliation, and physical “punishments.”
The new complaint comes on the heels of other suits alleging abuse and discrimination within the university’s football program. Football coach Pat Fitzgerald was fired soon after one ex-player came forward to the student paper about hazing that included upperclassmen allegedly “dry-humping” younger team members while wearing “Purge-like” masks.
Since then, student athletes have sued the Big Ten school in Cook County and, according to their attorneys, “many more” are expected to follow suit.