Former Michigan Hockey Players Sue, Alleging Years of Sexualized Hazing
The players allege coaches and staff knew about the abuse and failed to stop it, and they seek damages and hazing prevention training.
- On Wednesday, 16 former University of Michigan men's hockey players filed a federal lawsuit in Detroit alleging they endured ritualized, sexualized abuse from 1984 to 2001.
- The complaint alleges legendary former head coach Red Berenson 'directed and facilitated' the abuse while staff member Mel Pearson, who later became head coach, knew of the conduct and failed to intervene.
- Plaintiffs describe 'torture' including forced genital shaving, anal penetration with razor handles, and genitals tied to hockey helmets weighted with pucks; staff allegedly misled players into believing it was 'standard hazing traditions.'
- The lawsuit names the University of Michigan and its Board of Regents as defendants, seeking damages and mandatory hazing prevention training; university spokesperson Paul Corliss denied the school bears responsibility or liability.
- This litigation marks the latest scandal at the Ann Arbor-based university's athletic department, which previously reached a $490 million settlement in 2022 regarding separate sexual abuse allegations involving a former team doctor.
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Winnipeg Free Press
Medicine Hat NewsFormer hockey players at University of Michigan sue, say they were sexually abused decades ago
DETROIT (AP) — More than a dozen former hockey players are suing the University of Michigan, alleging their coach and other staff were aware of sexual hazing that included the forced shaving of their genitals and other abuse by teammates decades ago.
Federal lawsuit claims decades of hazing abuse in the University of Michigan hockey program
Sixteen former University of Michigan hockey players have filed a lawsuit against the university claiming the Ann Arbor school’s hockey program adopted sexualized abuse as part of its standard hazing traditions.
16 former University of Michigan hockey players file lawsuit, allege pattern of sexualized hazing
Sixteen former University of Michigan hockey players have filed a lawsuit against the university and its board of regents, alleging they were sexually abused as part of hazing traditions.
16 former Michigan hockey players sue university over alleged sexualized hazing
Sixteen former University of Michigan men’s hockey players sued the university and its governing board Wednesday, alleging coaches and staff knew about, facilitated, and concealed years of sexualized hazing within the program.
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