“The only ‘locker room mentality’ we should tolerate is one which supports, educates and demonstrates respect for all of our athletes; which recognizes that half the people in locker rooms across the country these days are women,” said attorney Laurie A. Baker, who filed the suit along with attorneys Cheryl Meyers Buth and Brian M. Melber.
The former diver alleged that she complained to the assistant athletic director in 2016 about Nigro’s response to an incident in which a male swimmer had sex with a female recruit. Nigro’s response, according to the lawsuit: “He must not have been very good since she (the recruit) is not coming to NU.”
“The coach and athletic department were either so unaware or so dismissive of the humiliating treatment of women swimmers that this appalling behavior became acceptable and continued year after year,” Melber said.