Eight former Northwestern University football players who say they were subjected to hazing are being represented for expected legal action by prominent attorney Ben Crump and the Chicago firm Levin & Perconti.
The eight players say they were forced to endure humiliating acts and racial bias that inflicted “severe physical discomfort, sexual abuse and psychological trauma,” according to a news release Monday from the law firm.
The hazing scandal became public July 7, when university President Michael Schill announced he was suspending football coach Patrick Fitzgerald for two weeks, following an investigation of the matter.
