Twenty-six current and former collegiate athletes who played in the state of Iowa filed a federal lawsuit Friday against the state and its Division of Criminal Investigation of its Department of Public Safety, alleging that their civil rights were violated.
According to ESPN's Paula Lavigne and Adam Rittenberg, the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa alleges that investigators illegally used geolocation software to track the athletes' online betting accounts.
Of the 26 plaintiffs, 16 are from the University of Iowa, nine are from Iowa State University and one is from a community college.