Alabama Student’s Title IX Football Hazing Case Revived by Court

An Alabama high school student’s lawsuit accusing his school district and football coach of violating his civil rights for failing to prevent sexualized hazing rituals was revived by a federal appeals court Wednesday.

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit said the student made a sufficient showing of sexual harassment as defined by Title IX when his football teammates attempted to insert a car key into his anus as part of a longstanding hazing ritual.

The majority ruling overturns a lower court’s decision that determined the harassment faced by the student, identified only as C.W., was more likely ...