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WKU, Former Swimmer Reach Agreement in Hazing Case

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A former Western Kentucky University swimmer has reached a settlement in a lawsuitin which he claimed to have been hazed and assaulted by his teammates.

Attorney Vanessa Cantley says her client Collin Craig had reached a confidential resolution with all parties named as defendants in the lawsuit.

Craig has alleged that he was abused physically and mentally and suffered discrimination on the basis of sex. The hazing and assault case has not yet been formally dismissed by a federal judge.

WKY attorney Tom Kerrick called the settlement an economic resolution and says the university and continues to assert that they didn’t violate Craig’s rights.

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