Ex-Northwestern player files lawsuit against university, Pat Fitzgerald

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A former Northwestern University football player filed a lawsuit, listing the former football coach and university president among the defendants accused of “failing to protect students from acts that were assaultive, illegal, and often sexual in nature.”

The player, who filed the lawsuit anonymously, competed for Northwestern from 2018 to 2022. The player is identified as “John Doe” in the complaint, which was filed in Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois.

“This morning, our firms filed the first lawsuit against Northwestern University, The Board of Trustees, and now fired football coach Patrick Fitzgerald for allegations of sexual harassment, sexual abuse, and racial discrimination,” the former player’s attorneys, Patrick A. Salvi II, Parker Stinar and Adam Pulaski, said in a.

 

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