Northwestern University says it has hired former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch to investigate claims of hazing within the school's athletic department.
EVANSTON, Ill. --The latest former Northwestern football player to file suit against the school, Ramon Diaz, had spoken to ABC7 previously about his experiences in the program in the mid-2000s.
In addition to some of the alleged sexual hazing, such as what Diaz said was called the "car wash," which he said involved walking naked through a line of teammates into the showers, he also alleged racist hazing that started when he was a freshman at the school.
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