WHEATON, Ill. (WLS) —

A former Wheaton College football player charged in the team’s hazing scandal will be back to court Thursday.

Noah Spielman entered a plea of not guilty when he was charged, but he is set to reverse that. Prosecutors have not released the details of the plea deal.

Spielman is the son of former Ohio State and all-pro linebacker Chris Spielman. He and four other Wheaton College football players were charged last fall with aggravated battery, mob action and unlawful restraint in connection to a hazing scandal in 2016.

Neither Spielman nor prosecutors have been specific about what charge or charges are part of this plea deal.

A student who has identified himself as Charles Nagy says the players beat and bound him in his dorm room, then took him to a baseball field, leaving him there partially clothed.

Nagy filed a lawsuit last week against the players and school. He says he had to have surgery from some of his injuries. He also withdrew from the school.

One of the five Wheaton College football players charged with hazing-related felonies is expected to plead to charges in the case Thursday, according to the DuPage County state’s attorney’s office and court records.

Noah R. Spielman, 21, of Columbus, Ohio, is expected to enter a plea, Paul Darrah, a spokesman for State’s Attorney Robert Berlin, said Wednesday. Darrah, however, declined to discuss details of the plea, which is scheduled to be outlined at a hearing before Judge Brian Telander.

Spielman had previously pleaded not guilty.

Spielman’s attorney, Mark Sutter, was not immediately available for comment.

Spielman, along with four other players, was charged last fall with aggravated battery, mob action and unlawful restraint on allegations they injured another Wheaton player during a hazing incident on March 16, 2016.

Authorities say the five players entered the other player’s dorm room and struck him when he resisted. The players placed a pillowcase over his head and bound his arms with duct tape before driving him in a pickup to a nearby baseball field and leaving him there partially clothed, authorities said.

The player, who has identified himself as Indiana resident Charles Nagy, allegedly suffered shoulder injuries from being bound and later required surgery. He withdrew from the school in the days after the alleged incident.

Last week, Nagy filed a lawsuit against Wheaton College and seven players. However, Spielman, who is the son of former NFL linebacker Chris Spielman, is not among the players named in the suit. The civil complaint does name three other players who were not charged criminally.

According to the suit, freshman players commonly faced hazing with the knowledge of the school and the team’s coach.

The case against another of the players was in court Wednesday. In that case, the judge approved requests from attorneys representing Kyler Kregel to subpoena records and witnesses from a dozen organizations and people with connections to Nagy.

Clifford Ward is a freelance reporter.

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Mafu is accused of raping an 18-year-old woman on 28 December.

The Blue Bulls Company has issued a statement acknowledging the loose forward’s arrest, but saying that they’re not in a position to comment at this stage.

A voicenote has been circulated on YouTube and other social media, in which an unidentified man describes what happened on the night Mafu allegedly raped an 18-year old woman.

In it, the man claims that Mafu dragged the woman to a bushy area in Kwamagxaki in Port Elizabeth and proceeded to rape her.

The woman then took off, and Mafu allegedly ran after her and grabbed her phone.

Police have confirmed some of these details, adding that Mafu and the woman had been at a tavern together, before leaving in the same car.

Mafu faces charges of rape and robbery.

Gardaí believe the fatal stabbing of Willie Lynch (35) on December 30 was triggered by a trivial dispute over Christmas spending.

The well-known pool and darts player was found with serious stab wounds at his home on the main street of Pallaskenry, Co Limerick, at 5pm on Saturday.

Despite desperate efforts by paramedics, Mr Lynch was pronounced dead at the scene.

Gardaí later sealed off four areas as potential crime scenes – William Lynch’s blood-stained home, a local supermarket and two other Pallaskenry properties.

Several areas were examined for what were understood to be blood spatters.

The 29-year-old man will appear before Newcastlewest District Court at 10.30am on Tuesday, January, 2, 2018.