7 students face hearings in Merchant Marine Academy probe
Share
Tweet
July 23, 2017
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — Seven suspended men's soccer players at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy will face campus disciplinary hearings over allegations of sexual misconduct, coercion and hazing, according to a federal lawyer.
Assistant U.S. Attorney James H. Knapp said the students were sexually abusive toward a freshman player on the team bus last September, and they squirted water or urine and covered several people with food, Newsday reported (http://nwsdy.li/2tplg5Y ) Saturday.
The students' lawyers deny all the allegations. The students sued after being barred from graduating ami...
For access to this article please
sign in or
subscribe.
Reader Comments(0)