The wake of the Northwestern hazing allegations will be wide: already, two legal teams have emerged, seeking to claim damages for their clients and further expose what they allege is a toxic culture in the Northwestern athletic department, with problems that go deeper than just the football program. The two legal teams delivered back-to-back press conferences on Wednesday morning, with one having already formally filed suit against the school and its leadership while the other is promising to do so in the near future.
In a sign of how rapidly the cases are developing, the legal team that had already filed suit, helmed by Pat Salvi II and Parker Stinar of Chicago-based Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard, said Wednesday morning that they had added a second anonymous plaintiff with plans to file a second lawsuit. Then, Wednesday evening, Salvi told Sports Illustrated that they would be filing a third lawsuit on behalf of a third anonymous client. Salvi said he expects both additional suits to be formally filed Thursday.
Here’s what we know about the building cases.
