Penn State Defeats Ex-Football Player’s Suit Over Team Abuse

April 15, 2026, 7:11 PM UTC

Pennsylvania State University convinced a federal appeals court to quash a former football player’s lawsuit claiming his teammates orchestrated “‘a campaign to harass and haze’” him.

Isaiah Humphries didn’t properly allege same-sex harassment from the players or negligence from university defendants, the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit said in a Wednesday opinion affirming the case’s dismissal.

Humphries was recruited for Penn State’s football team in the 2018-2019 school year. He claims to have been subjected to ...

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