The three claim they tried telling school leaders about the violent and sexual hazing happening within the Wildcats football program years before the former Illinois inspector general launched an investigation.

Three more former Northwestern University football players have filed lawsuits against the university and former head football coach Pat Fitzgerald, according to the legal representation of the three plaintiffs who filed the complaints.

Three new lawsuits have been filed alleging a pattern of sexual hazing on the Northwestern football team, a scandal that has ballooned in scope since it first surfaced last summer.