Three former members of the Indiana men's basketball team have accused former team doctor Bradford Bomba Sr., 88, of sexual abuse during his playing days.
Haris Mzejinovic and Charlie Miller originally filed a lawsuit against Bomba in October, and John Flowers joined the lawsuit this week.
Flowers, who played for the Hoosiers in 1981 and 1982, said he had at least two unnecessary prostate exams.
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Indiana University Hoosiers flag at Memorial Stadium. (Kirby Lee/Sports Images/USA Today Sports)
Longtime trainer Tim Garl is now named as a defendant, and Flowers said Garl was aware of Bomba's “invasive, harassing and humiliating digital rectal exams.”
“After the initial medical exam, Flowers' teammates told him that he 'passed' Dr. Bomba Sr.'s 'test' and that he did not need to take another digital rectal exam,” the complaint states, per CBS Sports. It is stated through. “Girl laughed at Flowers and her freshman teammates, making jokes at their expense about the digital rectal exams they endured.”
The university declined to comment publicly, but issued a statement in September saying it was conducting its own independent review of the matter.
Kathleen Delaney, the players' attorney, said Bomba may have sexually abused at least 100 male players during his time at the school. Neither Garl nor Bomba's attorney responded to requests for comment.
Bomba made the fifth allegation in a deposition last month.
Mzejinovic and Miller, who played for coach Bobby Knight in the 1990s, also claimed that Bomba performed unnecessary prostate tests.
The IU logo is painted on a basketball during a game between the Hoosiers and Michigan State Spartans at Assembly Hall on January 22, 2023 in Bloomington, Indiana. (Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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“Bomba Sr.'s routine sexual assaults were publicly committed by Hoosier men's basketball players in the locker room in the presence of IU personnel, including assistant coaches, athletic trainers, and other Hoosier men's basketball staff,” the complaint states. “It was discussed.” , via NBC News.
“I am standing up for all student-athletes who have been abused,” Mujejnović said in a statement. “I hope more of our former teammates will speak up and share their stories publicly.”
“I now understand it was sexual abuse, but I will never understand why IU leadership did nothing to protect us,” Miller said.
“I am proud to stand up on behalf of my former teammates and other IU basketball players to demand justice for the sexual abuse I endured as a member of the Hoosiers,” Flowers added.
Indiana Hoosiers logo during the Empire Classic at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan on November 19, 2023. (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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Bomba was employed by the university from 1962 to 1970 and again from 1979 to the late '90s.
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