Former Indiana basketball players allege that the team doctor conducted unwarranted prostate exams as a form of sexual abuse.

Three ex-Indiana men's basketball players have alleged that former team doctor Bradford Bomba Sr., 88, sexually abused them while they were on the team.

In October, Haris Mujezinovic and Charlie Miller filed a lawsuit against Bomba. This week, John Flowers joined the suit.

In 1981 and 1982, Flowers, who played for the Hoosiers, stated that he underwent at least two unnecessary prostate exams.

Tim Garl, a longtime trainer, has been named as a defendant in the case involving invasive, harassing, and demeaning digital rectal examinations, as Flowers stated.

"According to the lawsuit, Flowers's teammates informed him that he had passed Dr. Bomba, Sr.'s test and would not need to undergo a digital rectal examination again. Garl joked about the exams with Flowers and his freshman teammates."

The university declined to comment but released a statement in September stating that they were conducting an independent review on the matter.

Kathleen Delaney, the attorney for the players, stated that Bomba may have sexually abused over 100 male athletes while he was at the school. Neither Garl nor Bomba's attorney responded to a request for comment.

Bomba pleaded the fifth during a deposition last month.

In the 1990s, Mujezinovic and Miller, who were coached by Bobby Knight, claimed that Bomba performed unnecessary prostate exams.

The lawsuit stated that Dr. Bomba, Sr.'s routine sexual assaults were openly discussed by the Hoosier men's basketball players in the locker room in the presence of IU employees, including assistant coaches, athletic trainers, and other Hoosier men's basketball staff.

"Mujezinovic stated, "I am advocating for all student-athletes who have experienced abuse. I hope that more of our former teammates will come forward and publicly share their stories.""

Miller stated that he will never comprehend why IU leadership failed to safeguard them from the sexual abuse that he now realizes occurred.

I am proud to stand up for my former teammates and other IU basketball players in seeking justice for the sexual abuse we endured as members of the Hoosiers.

Bomba worked at the university from 1962 to 1970 and then again from 1979 until the late '90s.

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