Three women’s soccer players are suing Butler University for sexual assault they say they experienced at the hands of an athletic trainer employed by the university. Two of the players suing remain student-athletes at the university. ✍️ KatieJStrang
All three lawsuits were filed in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis on Wednesday on behalf of the individual players, identified in their respective complaints as “Jane Doe 1-3.” The suits allege similar complaints against the trainer, Michael Howell, who is a co-defendant in the lawsuit. All three women say Howell sexually assaulted them during treatment sessions; Jane Does 1 and 2 also say in their complaints that he began grooming them during their freshman year.
According to all three complaints, Howell assaulted numerous women on the soccer team and engaged in sexual misconduct including “rubbing his erect penis against female athletes” and groping “their outer vaginal areas, breasts and nipples.” This alleged conduct took place over the span of years in Butler’s “training room, offices, buses and in Howell’s private hotel rooms” while the team was on the road.
On Sept. 28, 2021, 10 days after the three-hour massage from Howell in which Jane Doe 1 said she was sexually assaulted, four women soccer players “facing the prospect of private ‘treatment’ in Howell’s hotel room during an upcoming away game, and out of concern for themselves and younger teammates, particularly Jane Doe 1, reported Howell’s sexual misconduct to Coach St. John.
According to the complaint, Butler and Reiff “ignored” NCAA warnings about potential staff-on-student-athlete abuse and the need for policies and training to prevent any such abuse from happening.
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