1st lawsuit filed against Pat Fitzgerald and Northwestern leaders stemming from a hazing scandal
A former Northwestern football player filed the first lawsuit against Pat Fitzgerald and members of the schoolโs leadership, seeking damages stemming from a hazing scandal that cost the former football coach his job.
โWe will hold the University of Michigan accountable,โ says lawyer of Dr. Anderson victims
Lawyer Parker Stinar opened the press conference saying that his law firm represents more than a dozen athletes and non-athletes who suffered abuse from Anderson over several decades. "It was really difficult.โStinar read excerpts from Delucaโs letter to Manuel, which detailed unnecessary exams by Dr. Anderson when he was a 19-year-old wrestler in the 1970s. โSomething is wrong with Dr. Anderson," he wrote. It is time for the University of Michigan to accept responsibility for decades of sexual abuse and ignoring victimsโ cries. It is time for the University of Michigan to be held accountable.โStinar said that a meeting is scheduled with the University of Michiganโs general council.