The NCAA is being sued by seven women who allege that they were not protected by the organization from alleged sexual assaults by male college athletes, according to a report from ESPN's Paula Lavigne. Three of the seven women are female athletes.
The women allege that they were sexually assaulted by male athletes at three universities: Michigan State, Nebraska and an unnamed Division I school from the America East Conference. The suit was filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan.
In the suit, the NCAA is accused of negligence, fraud and breach of contract, arguing that the organization had a responsibility to "to supervise, regulate, monitor and provide reasonable and appropriate rules to minimize the risk of injury or danger to student-athletes and by student-athletes," according to ESPN.