{"id":47012,"date":"2026-04-10T21:07:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T21:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=47012"},"modified":"2026-04-10T21:07:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T21:07:58","slug":"n-c-state-male-athletes-allege-sex-abuse-from-former-trainer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=47012","title":{"rendered":"N.C. State Male Athletes Allege Sex Abuse from Former Trainer"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A group of former male athletes from North Carolina State has alleged they endured sexual harassment and abuse from their former trainer.<\/p>\n

A new report<\/a> from ESPN found that 11 former athletes who played with North Carolina State between 2013 and 2024 have claimed on the condition of anonymity that former trainer Robert Murphy would inappropriately touch their genitals and use strange drug testing procedures that would require them to be nude under his observation. They also claimed that the university kept Murphy under its employment after they raised concerns.<\/p>\n

At least nine of the people who spoke with ESPN are among the 31 plaintiffs currently embroiled in a civil case against North Carolina State. In one particularly harrowing incident labeled only as \u201cJohn Doe 1\u201d in court documents, a student said that Murphy touched his genitals after coming to him with back pain.<\/p>\n

Murphy left the university in 2022 amid a criminal investigation into his conduct. Former soccer player Ben Locke also filed a complaint with campus police in 2022, which led to a Title IX investigation that found Murphy\u2019s conduct \u201csufficiently severe.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe health and safety of students and student-athletes is paramount to NC State Athletics and the university,\u201d NC State wrote in a statement to ESPN. \u201cSexual misconduct of any kind is unacceptable. \u2026 As this is a pending legal matter, responses to this legal action will be made through the appropriate legal channels, and the university cannot comment further at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Former\u00a0men\u2019s soccer player Parker Cross told ESPN that Murphy is the only one who has touched his genitals outside of his marriage.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m a Christian, I saved myself for marriage. So Rob is the only person outside of my wife who has touched me,\u201d Cross told ESPN. \u201cI\u2019ve got to feel that for the rest of my life, that this [expletive] has touched me.\u201d<\/p>\n