Other former Indiana basketball players allege sexual misconduct by the doctor | University basketball
More than 15 former Indiana male basketball players allege bad sexual behavior by a former team doctor, and they claim that university officials – including the late coach Bobby Knight – knew the doctor’s behavior.
Two former Hoosiers continued the school last fall, but the number of complainants went to five with 10 others also hoping to pursue disputes, according to ESPN on Tuesday.
In the existing trial, former players alleged that Dr. Bradford Bomba, who died last month at the age of 89, regularly carried out rectal exams on male athletes during the fact that medical advice does not recommend them for men of university age. The trial argued that this was equivalent to a sexual fault, and he said that university officials were aware of this behavior, but failed to stop it.
The players said they had raised complaints, some even asking for another doctor. However, the athletes allegedly alleged that Knight, who died in 2023, and athletic coach Tim Garl asked players to continue to see Bomba.
Garl, who is appointed defendant in the trial, was the 1981 chief athletic coach this year, when the Indiana said that it would not renew his contract. Garl’s lawyers, stressing that the coach did not supervise Bomba, noted that the rectal exams made a normal part of a physique.
During his initial deposition a year ago, Bomba refused to answer 45 questions by invoking his fifth amendment against self-incrimination.
Last month, Indiana ordered an investigation which found that Bomba’s digital rectal exams were carried out in a clinically appropriate manner, adding that there was “no evidence suggesting that Dr. Bomba obtained sexual gratuity”.
However, Michelle Simpson Tuegel – representing the group of 10 players who prepare to file a complaint – said that two of her clients contradict this conclusion. An individual said Bomba “caressed his genitals” during a physique.
Some medical experts have indicated that it was rare that a doctor will carry out a rectal exam without any history or symptom. These procedures are generally used to detect prostate and other cancers. In the 1990s, the American Cancer Society recommended them for men aged 50 and over.
A spokesperson for the University of Indiana refused to comment on the trial, citing pending disputes.
