Third ex-athlete sues NC State saying officials ignored sexual abuse by trainer [View all]
Third ex-athlete sues NC State saying officials ignored sexual abuse by trainer BY VIRGINIA BRIDGES UPDATED APRIL 22, 2023 7:36 AM
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Another former N.C. State student athlete filed a federal lawsuit Friday accusing the university of not protecting students from sexual abuse from the longtime director of sports medicine, marking the third person to come forward since August.
The lawsuits contend university officials created a hostile educational environment and enabled sexual abuse by Robert M. Murphy, N.C. State’s director of sports medicine from 2012 to 2022.
The lawsuits allege that N.C. State failed to take action after a former soccer coach reported in early 2016 concerns that Murphy was grooming students for sexual contact. The third lawsuit states that that coach and two other coaches were aware of Murphy’s sexual conduct with student athletes prior to 2016, but didn’t report it as required.
The three lawsuits contend that Murphy, who has never been criminally charged, used his position as a trainer to abuse injured male college athletes by watching them undress and touching and commenting on their genitals during treatments that often included sports massages in the hip and genital areas.
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