Former Penn State football player Isaiah Humphries filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against the university, coach James Franklin and former teammate Damion Barber.

The suit alleges Humphries was subject to hazing brought on by Barber, linebacker Micah Parsons, defensive lineman Yetur Gross-Matos and linebacker Jesse Luketa, and that the coaching staff was aware of the hazing and did not protect Humphries.

The allegations include instances of the players named collectively orchestrating, directing and facilitating a campaign to harass and haze underclassmen on the Penn State football team. The hazing alleged in the suit includes the participants stating they intended to make the underclassmen “their bitch because this is a prison.”

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The participants allegedly referenced former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky — who is serving a 30- to 60-year prison term for sexually abusing children — by exclaiming, “I am going to Sandusky you.”

The actions included wrestling underclassmen to the ground while maintaining restraint, simulating a “humping” action; wrestling underclassmen to the ground while another participant placed his genitals on the face of underclassmen; and even instances of the participants placing their genitals on the buttocks of the alleged victims, stroking their genitalia.

Humphries is being represented by Philadelphia attorney Steven Marino, who says the incident is not isolated to just his client.

“Isaiah attended the school during the calendar year of 2018, he leaves Penn State to another school where he’s offered a scholarship in December 2018,” Marino said. “The events that arise to an investigation conducted by Penn State’s office of sexual misconduct and response, that doesn’t arise until May 2019. That investigation was triggered by an anonymous tip and the source of that tip was not my client.”

The results of the investigation were then submitted to the Penn State University office of student conduct, according to the lawsuit, and the office of student conduct prosecuted charges lodged against Barber. It is not clear, however, what specific student conduct rule violation he was charged with.

Barber was suspended for the first game of the season, against Idaho, for what was termed at the time of the suspension as a violation of team rules, but he played in the second game of the season, against Buffalo.

Marino says the father of his client, Leonard Humphries, notified the Penn State coaches of the hazing and that no action was taken at the time of those complaints. Leonard Humphries is a former Penn State football player and was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 1992 NFL draft.

“This is a family with a football pedigree,” Marino said. “The father knows the coaches and told them what was happening to his son as it was reported to him by his son. No affirmative action was taken to protect this student athlete at that time.”

The lawsuit goes on to allege the coaching staff knew about the hazing and on multiple occasions “observed the harassment and hazing which the plaintiff and other lower classmen were being subjected to in the football locker room.”

Humphries is alleging the coaching staff overly and unfairly scrutinized his athletic performance for reporting the harassment and that he was scorned and punished by the staff.

Humphries left the Penn State team in 2018 and enrolled at Cal, where he is now a part of the Bears football program.

Former Penn State football player Harry Hamilton is allowed on State College Area School District property after District Judge Carmine Prestia modified his bail. Hamilton, who is charged with a felony count of burglary and criminal trespassing, has two sons in the school district.

He waived his right to a preliminary hearing on Wednesday after initially indicating he would ask for a continuance. Hamilton, 55, said he was going to represent himself in the case, but told Prestia he has not practiced personal law. When the two attempted to clarify the situation, Prestia discovered that Hamilton’s license was inactive, according to the Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board.

The former two-time Academic All-American and 8-year professional in the NFL also asked for a modification on a no-contact order, which was denied by Prestia.

The modification that was granted will allow him on school grounds. Hamilton said in court papers that he would like to attend school-related events for his children.

The Centre Daily Times previously reported Hamilton allegedly accused his son of drug use before punching him in the head several times. State College police said he also threw another person to the ground during the incident before he fled the residence.

Hamilton vehemently denied the allegations to the Times-Leader. He accused State College police of trying to create a big story due to his fame while ignoring a local drug dealer who he said supplies marijuana to the State College Area High School track team.

“We have no interest in chasing headlines,” police said.

The department also said they have no knowledge of a drug war cover-up, as alleged by Hamilton. Police also said they have no ill will toward him and wish nothing but the best for Hamilton and his family.

Hamilton filed a request for an immediate stay of punishment, including fingerprinting, to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania on March 23.

“Hamilton hopes to amend if Hamilton must appear and get fingerprinted and photographed entering the national criminal database within the days remaining because of the absence of a stay or other appropriate relief,” Hamilton said in the request.

In his motion for a temporary restraining order on March 26, Hamilton argues that fingerprinting and photographing is a cruel and unusual punishment upon “a man protecting and raising a son in the face of insurmountable odds with no direct answers as to the best approach.”

He also said State College authorities have tried to criminally charge him for constant and regular involvement with his children since 2006.

In his request for an immediate stay of punishment overview, Hamilton said a Caucasian mother and African-American/aboriginal father disagree about discipline. He said he believes his teenage son is pushing to do illicit activity and was surprised when he was allegedly caught and disciplined.

“Probable cause is lacking that defendant or anyone acting on defendant’s behalf was ever placed on any actual or constructive notice that he was not allowed in or on the premises of his son for any and all purposes,” Hamilton said. “Defendant is now again faced with criminality for attempting to defy statistical odds and be a strong black African/Aboriginal American male in the lives of his two teenage young men of similar background.”

United States District Judge Matthew Brann denied Hamilton’s request on March 30.

Hamilton sued the NFL for $5 million in 2014, according to Sports Illustrated. He claimed he was not made fully aware of the dangers associated with football-related head injuries.

At the time of the lawsuit, Hamilton said he has memory issues, headaches, anger management issues and occasionally relies on painkillers.

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A man charged in connection with an alleged rape on New Year’s Eve last year will stand trial.

Ibrahima Kouyate, 19, appeared in court Wednesday morning for a preliminary hearing, where he was held for trial.

Kouyate is facing charges of first-degree felony counts of rape and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, along with a second-degree felony count of sexual assault.

The alleged incident took place at a 2016-17 New Year’s Eve party in a hotel on Baum Boulevard.

According to the criminal complaint, the alleged victim said she had met Kouyate previously. She claimed she was directed to another room by Kouyate, and he closed the door so her friends couldn’t enter.

She said she was forced to have sex with him, against her will and without her consent, investigators said.

The defense claims the encounter was consensual.

“I mean let’s think about this. They’re in a one-bedroom hotel room. There’s 13 of them, and at no time does anyone knock or say is anything wrong or anything like that,” said defense attorney Blaine Jones. “There’s ample opportunity to yell, to scream, to leave, and none of that happen, so I think there’s some issues with her credibility and what she testified to today, and that was our goal.”

Jones also says Kouyate and the alleged victim had been texting before the party.

Kouyate attended the Barack Obama Academy of International Studies in East Liberty, where he was a four-year letter winner in soccer. He then went to Penn State, where he played in six matches during his freshman year.