Pat Fitzgerald and a number of Northwestern leaders were included as defendants in the first lawsuit filed from the hazing scandal.

According to ESPN’s Dan Murphy and Adam Rittenberg, an anonymous former player officially filed the first lawsuit in the scandal Tuesday morning. The now-fired Fitzgerald, Northwestern president Michael Schill and AD Derrick Gragg are listed as defendants. Former president Morton Schapiro and the board of trustees are included as defendants.

Though the player filed anonymously, the lawsuit lists him as a member of the team from 2018 through 2022. His attorneys are Patrick Salvi and Parker Stinar, and they told ESPN they expect additional football players and athletes from other Northwestern sports to join the lawsuit in the coming days and weeks.

The lawsuit alleges the anonymous player was subjected to hazing that included sexualized acts and racial discrimination. The lawsuit also alleges that Fitzgerald “took part in the harassment, hazing, bullying, assault, and/or abuse of athletes.”

“As an incoming freshman, because freshmen were the most targeted for sexual harassment and hazing, it’s just such an intimidating process,” Stinar said. “It really makes you lose faith in the program and your coaches. It makes you lose the love of your sport. It makes you feel deceived that you came to this university after recruiters and coaches came to your home and sat down with your parents and promised you’d be safe and protected. It’s had a profound impact on this young individual.”

Tuesday’s filed lawsuit might be the first in the hazing scandal but it is almost assuredly not going to be the last. Prominent civil rights and personal injury lawyer Ben Crump announced he was retained by a group of 8 former Northwestern players with conversations ongoing with additional athletes.

Former players are not the only ones lawyering up and preparing cases against Northwestern. Fitzgerald himself is reportedly mulling litigation against the university after he was fired for cause following the investigation.