An ex-Northwestern football player has detailed hazing incidents, including sexualized acts led by upperclassmen to punish younger players for mistakes.
, with some involving sexualized acts led by upperclassmen to punish younger players for making mistakes in practices and games.
"It's a shocking experience as a freshman to see your fellow freshman teammates get ran, but then you see everybody bystanding in the locker room," the former player told The Daily Northwestern. "It's just a really abrasive and barbaric culture that has permeated throughout that program for years on end now."
Northwestern on Saturday said in a statement to ESPN that it will not comment about the investigation beyond what it released Friday. Sources with direct knowledge told ESPN that investigators were already aware of the allegations outlined by the former player.
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