A former North Carolina State soccer player sued the school in federal court on Tuesday, claiming he was sexually abused for years by the Wolfpack’s former director of sports medicine under the guise of treatment .
The lawsuit filed by Benjamin Locke accuses Robert Murphy Jr. of improperly touching his genitals during approximately 75 to 100 massages that he says lacked “legitimate” medical necessity between August 2015 and May 2017.
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