A former Northwestern volleyball player is suing the university over hazing-related allegations, her attorneys said Monday.
The lawsuit, which is expected to be filed on behalf of “Jane Doe 1,” alleges Northwestern’s volleyball program has “long-standing issues involving hazing, harassment, bullying and retaliation.” Northwestern, its board of trustees, ACC commissioner (and former NU athletic director) Jim Phillips, current athletic director Derrick Gragg, former university president Morton Schapiro, past university president Michael Schill and head volleyball coach Shane Davis are named as defendants. They are alleged to have “enabled a toxic culture, failing to adequately enforce anti-hazing protocols,” according to the complaint.
“Jane Doe 1’s case is an example of how an enabled culture and an enabled coach had become accustomed to practices of hazing and abuse for years, if not decades,” attorney Patrick A. Salvi II, of Salvi, Schostok and Pritchard, said in a news release. “We see in Jane Doe 1’s story how hazing and abuse causes physical and emotional harm. Her story is sadly not uncommon, and it permeates across sports, men and women, and across campuses.”
This complaint is the latest legal action that has taken place in the wake of allegations…
