Northwestern interim football coach addresses hazing allegations for first time
Interim Head Coach David Braun addressed the issue at the Big Ten Media Day in Indianapolis. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports.
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Interim Head Coach David Braun addressed the issue at the Big Ten Media Day in Indianapolis. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports.
Until Wednesday, no one within the Northwestern athletic department had spoken publicly despite CBS 2's repeated requests for interviews.
Northwestern University's interim football coach and athletic director spoke for the first time on Wednesday at Big Ten Media Days in Indianapolis about the hazing scandal surrounding the program.
Northwestern University's interim football coach and athletic director spoke for the first time on Wednesday at Big Ten Media Days in Indianapolis about the hazing scandal surrounding the program.
Northwestern University's interim football coach and athletic director spoke for the first time on Wednesday at Big Ten Media Days in Indianapolis about the hazing scandal surrounding the program.
The players said they don't want the event to be 'dominated by the hazing issue and steal the focus away from football.'
The players said they don't want the event to be 'dominated by the hazing issue and steal the focus away from football.' CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports from Indianapolis.
The Northwestern University football team will not have any player representatives at this week's Big Ten Media Days in Indianapolis, the annual event where players and coaches around the conference speak to reporters ahead of the upcoming college football season.
The university has admitted they are looking into new allegations laid out in a new lawsuit filed Monday – the first in what lawyers say will be followed by dozens more against the school. CBS 2's Chris Tye reports.
Former Northwestern quarterback Lloyd Yates is represented by attorney Ben Crump.
A fourth football player is filing a lawsuit against Northwestern University on Monday amid the ongoing hazing scandal. This time, legal action is being taken by a former quarterback over allegations of hazing and sexual abuse.
"This shows that it isn't just men," said Parker Stinar, one of her attorneys. "It isn't just football players."
All three lawsuits accuse the school, former head coach Pat Fitzgerald, and other officials of not preventing hazing, intervening in the tradition, or protecting students from acts that were illegal and often sexual in nature.
As a cheerleader, Hayden Richardson says the athletic department and others at the university turned a blind eye to her complaints of sexual harassment.
Hayden Richardson says Northwestern turned a blind eye to her complaints of sexual harassment. As the fallout from the football team's hazing allegations continues, Richardson says she is upset - but not surprised - to hear allegations that the school did not do enough to protect its athletes. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reports.
As a Northwestern cheerleader, Hayden Richardson says the athletic department and others at the university school turned a blind eye to her complaints of sexual harassment. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey talked with Richardson on Thursday.
"No teammate I knew liked hazing. We were all victims, no matter what our role was at the time, but the culture was so strong that we felt we had to go with it to survive," former Northwestern quarterback Lloyd Yates said.
More former Northwestern University football players are saying they were victims of hazing and abuse while playing for the Wildcats as attorneys prepare additional lawsuits against the school. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump said he's working with at least 15 young men and women who were athletes at Northwestern and have said they dealt with abuse at the school.
More former Northwestern University football players are saying they were victims of hazing and abuse while playing for the Wildcats as attorneys prepare additional lawsuits against the school.
More former Northwestern University football players are saying they were victims of hazing and abuse while playing for the Wildcats as attorneys prepare additional lawsuits against the school.
An attorney said the athletes have described experiencing an institutionalized culture of abuse and hazing that dates back as long ago as 2005. CBS 2's Marissa Perlman reports.
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Assist at least eight football players are taking legal action in a hazing scandal that he alleges included physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. CBS 2's Marissa Perlman reports.
CBS 2's Matt Zahn talks with CBS Sports college football writer Tom Fornelli about where the Northwestern Football program goes from here in the wake of the hazing scandal.
Jim Foster, who had been on the job only one season, was fired amid claims of bullying and abusive behavior.
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