BLOOMINGTON — Two former Indiana men’s basketball players filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against the IU Board of Trustees over claims the university ignored sexual abuse claims from players against a previous team physician.
Haris Mujezinovic and Charlie Miller are listed as the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, which comes one month after the university announced a former player came forward with the allegations against Dr. Brad Bomba Sr.
Bomba, an IU athletics doctor for nearly three decades, whose work with the team ended in the late 1990s, is accused of inappropriately conducting prostate and rectal exams during annual team physicals.
"Mujezinovic and Miller, along with their former IU men’s basketball teammates, must unfortunately add their names to the list of athletes subjected to routine, systemic sexual assault and sex-based harassment under the guise of medical care," the lawsuit reads.
The two players also accuse the university of ignoring the allegations, writing, "Despite its knowledge of these routine, pervasive, repeated sexual assaults, IU systemically mishandled and turned a blind eye to Hoosier men’s basketball players’ complaints of Dr. Bomba, Sr.’s sexual misconduct, contrary to federal regulations."
Indiana University has hired Jones Day, an international law firm, to review the allegations. The firm worked alongside Michigan State University leading up to the dismissal of football coach Mel Tucker who was accused of sexual harassment.
When asked for university comment on the lawsuit, IU Spokesman Mark Bode directed to the past statement issued by the university.
Mujezinovic was a member of the men's team at IU for two seasons from 1995-97 and Miller played for four seasons starting in 1994.
This is a developing story and will be updated with more information.
