Fitzgerald, who led Northwestern for 17 seasons and was a star linebacker for the Wildcats in the mid-1990s, has maintained he had no knowledge of the hazing. Fitzgerald said after being fired that he was working with his agent, Bryan Harlan, and Chicago defense attorney Dan Webb, who recently represented Fox News in a defamation case, to"protect my rights in accordance with the law.
Among other allegations raised in multiple lawsuits, former players have claimed they were physically and sexually abused, and that coaches knew about it, did nothing to stop it, and even singled out players for hazing. Multiple lawsuits claim the players were forced to engage in acts of hazing dubbed"running," in which upperclassmen would hold down freshmen players in the locker room, and take turns"dry-humping" them. Freshmen were also forced to take part in a hazing ritual known as the"car wash," in which a group of naked upperclassmen would force underclassmen to rub against them on their way into the showers, according to several lawsuits.
Two lawsuits filed last week also claim African American players were forced to compete in racist watermelon-eating contests.
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