Indiana launched the next assertion Wednesday night concerning a letter it obtained from authorized counsel of a former males’s basketball student-athlete. The letter included allegations in opposition to Dr. Brad Bomba Sr., who labored as a contracted doctor for IU athletic groups, together with the boys’s basketball program within the late Nineteen Nineties.
The complete assertion is offered under:
Indiana College maintains a core set of values that information our actions in pursuit of our mission because the state of Indiana’s flagship college. Amongst these values are an unwavering dedication to integrity and moral conduct, the relentless seek for fact, a respect for the dignity of others, and accountability for the human sources and relationships entrusted to IU. It’s these bedrock values that compel the establishment to share an allegation introduced ahead by a former student-athlete.
The college not too long ago obtained a letter from authorized counsel on behalf of a former IU males’s basketball student-athlete, who competed at IU a number of a long time in the past. The letter consists of particular allegations in opposition to Dr. Brad Bomba, Sr., who served as a contracted doctor for IU athletic groups, together with the boys’s basketball program for a number of a long time, concluding within the late Nineteen Nineties. The previous student-athlete alleges that he was subjected to inappropriate prostate and rectal exams throughout annual physicals with Dr. Bomba, Sr., one thing that he additionally alleges was a apply for all basketball student-athletes assigned to Dr. Bomba, Sr. for bodily examinations.
In response to studying of the allegation, the college retained Jones Day, a global legislation agency with expertise in delicate and related investigations, to conduct an impartial assessment. The assessment will embody witness interviews, a assessment of accessible documentation and engagement with medical specialists to find out: 1) the background info associated to the annual physicals of IU scholar athletes performed by Dr. Bomba, Sr.; 2) if the conduct was applicable, essential, or inside the usual of care; and three) what medical professionals and athletic division or college officers had been conscious of the conduct and, if warranted, what motion did they take.
To be clear, this can be a totally impartial and complete investigation that may comply with the info. Indiana College will abide by its findings and take any warranted actions. To guard the integrity of the investigation, the establishment will chorus from additional remark whereas the assessment is ongoing.
Jones Day has established a telephone quantity (888-392-2296) and e mail ([email protected]) for anybody wishing to supply info — anonymously, if desired.
We ask for the IU neighborhood to have persistence as we seek for the reality and to have faith that the college’s actions can be per our values.
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