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Federal Lawsuit Accuses Penn State Football Players Of Hazing

Penn State coach James Franklin is a defendant in the lawsuit.

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP/KDKA) — A former Penn State football player claims in a lawsuit that Nittany Lions players hazed him and other younger teammates by imitating sexual acts in the shower and invoking Jerry Sandusky’s name.

The player, Isaiah Humphries, filed the lawsuit Monday in Pennsylvania federal court against the university, head coach James Franklin and one former teammate Damion Barber.

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The school’s own investigation found the ex-teammate had committed “prohibited behavior,” the complaint said.

Penn State Hazing Lawsuit

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