A lawsuit filed by a pair of Illinois high school students and their parents alleges players on their school’s football, wrestling and cross country teams engaged in myriad acts of physical, mental and sexual abuse as part of hazing rituals condoned by coaches and school officials.

The suit was filed Wednesday morning and accuses coaches and officials at Lake Zurich High School, in northern Illinois, of doing nothing while players engaged in “acts of hazing and bullying … including forcing teammates to strip naked and forced un-consensual sexual assault,” according to the suit.

Among the alleged incidents, in September 2016, members of the football team forced a teammate to strip naked and stand in the shower while they urinated on him and at least 14 teammates watched, according to the suit.

A second incident detailed in the assault occurred a month later and involved the sexual assault and humiliation of at least three players. Members of the team allegedly returned to the locker room after a group dinner and forced two players to perform a sexual act on a third. The specific act outlined in the lawsuit is redacted, but it is believed players referred to it alternately as a “roast” and “Asshole of the Week.”

The plaintiffs are alleging the hazing rituals date back as far as 1997 and were performed with the knowledge of the coaches and staff.

School district superintendent Kaine Osburn reportedly sent a letter to parents last week addressing the allegations, according to NBC Chicago.

“My administration has done its best to balance the safety and rights of our students and staff with the need to thoroughly examine how we can foster a culture and climate that prevents hazing and other unhealthy behaviors,” Osburn said in the letter. “I accept responsibility for any failures in this regard, but rest assured my full and earnest dedication is and always will be to the safety of our students and the knowledge that we must do what is necessary to build a healthy foundation for growth.”

Also noted in the lawsuit are allegations members of the cross country team “duck-taped [sic] a teammate naked to a post” and members of the wrestling team participated in a tradition called the “Birthday Beatdown.”

The worst, however, is the list of allegations against the football team, which include, in addition to the two specified incidents, team members “being stripped and locked into lockers naked,” “placing their genitals on another member’s face,” and “shoving broomsticks into the anus of another member.”

The school’s athletic director Rolando Vasquez, varsity football coach David Proffitt and dean of students Chad Beaver all resigned from their posts in January.

Proffitt, who had been placed on leave last November, denied any involvement with or knowledge of the incidents alleged in the lawsuit in an interview with the Daily Herald (Illinois).

“I have no idea what they are talking about,” Proffitt said. “That is not true, at least from my perspective. I can’t speak for other coaches though.”

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