If a player was told to “run,” he would be forcibly restrained by his fellow players, who would rub “their genital areas against the teammates’ genitals, face, and buttocks while rocking back and forth without consent of the teammate,” the lawsuit states.
on the team, and claiming that some members of the coaching staff were also aware of—and sometimes subjected to—the abuse.
“On more than one occasion, assistant coaches were ‘ran’ by players,” the lawsuit states. “During a training session during the Fall of 2015 or Spring of 2016, a strength and conditioning coach was ‘ran’ by members of the football team, on the field, in front of the entire team and coaching staff.” "I hope by speaking out, other athletes will be freed from the physical, emotional, and psychological trauma that I experienced as an athlete at Northwestern University,” he added.sent a letter to the campus community
“During their time at the Kenosha Camp, members of the Northwestern Football Program were subject to inappropriate activities within the Kenosha locker room, including but not limited to, the Shrek Clap, naked rope swings, naked pull ups, naked center and quarterback exchange, naked one on one drills, and naked pass rush drill,” the lawsuit alleges.
Yates himself alleged that in August 2015 he was “ran” by upwards of 15 of his teammates during an off-campus preseason camp. The lawsuit alleges the incident occurred when Yates was called to do a “naked QB center exchange, where a naked center freshman Wildcat was bent over with his naked backside and genitals exposed to Yates.”
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