Former NBA player and coach claims sex abuse by Indiana University team doctor
Former NBA player Butch Carter says in an amended lawsuit that he was sexually abused by the Indiana University basketball team doctor when he was on the squad.
Former NBA player and coach Butch Carter claims in an amended lawsuit filed Thursday that he was sexually abused by the doctor for the Indiana University basketball team when he was on the squad.
Carter, who went on to play for the New York Knicks, the Los Angeles Lakers and other NBA teams and was head coach of the Toronto Raptors, is the fifth former Indiana University basketball player to say he complained to legendary coach Bobby Knight about Dr. Bradford Bomba Sr.’s performing unnecessary rectal examinations on young, healthy players.
His account was included this month in an amended complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana that accused school officials of failing to protect student-athletes from Bomba.
Carter is now a plaintiff in the lawsuit against the Indiana University trustees and longtime men’s basketball trainer Tim Garl, who is accused of having known about the sexual abuse complaints but done nothing about it, according to the lawsuit, which was originally filed in October with two plaintiffs.
Carter and the others are suing under Title IX, a federal law that requires all colleges and universities that receive federal funds to put safeguards in place to protect students from sexual predators.
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