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Waukegan .. and the wonderful Police!!!
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Stevenson coaches, ex-players named in hazing suit
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June 24, 2009
SUN-TIMES NEWS GROUP

A former Stevenson High School football player has sued varsity coaches and fellow players, claiming he was assaulted on three separate occasions during a hazing ritual in 1999.

Stamatios Shinas alleges incidents in which multiple students participated in the assault during hazing rituals allowed by the coaching staff on school grounds caused him psychological and emotional damage.

Named in the suit filed Monday in Cook County Circuit Court are coaches Craig Sincora, Bob Mackey, Paul Swan, Lee Johnathan, Mike Fitzgerald, Mike Warren and Bill Mitz. The suit says they failed to supervise, manage or control the players.

Players named defendants include Blake Cooley, Tiquion Clay, David Davis and Alex Holden. Stevenson High School was also named as a defendant.

Shinas claims that while he participated in a football conditioning camp for varsity players for the 1999-2000 season, he was told by players he would have to go through in "initiation process," since he was a younger member of the team.

The initiation process meant he had to do a certain number of "atomic sit-ups," meaning he would do the sit-ups blindfolded and restrained.

Unbeknownst to Shinas, the suit alleges, Cooley dropped his pants and straddled Shinas, and as Shinas performed his first sit-up, the blindfold was released and Shinas did a sit-up into Cooley's buttocks. According to the lawsuit, Cooley then placed part of his body in Shinas' mouth.

In a second incident, Shinas was told he would get the chance to perform an "atomic sit-up" on another team member who participated in the earlier initiation process.

While Shinas dropped his pants and straddled his team member, the other players shoved a banana and broomstick into Shinas' body, the lawsuit states.

In a third incident, Stamatios was in the varsity football locker room when other players shoved his face into another player's buttocks. His face was then slammed into a toilet while players flushed the toilet.

Shinas claims that the initiation process caused him psychological and emotional injuries, and that he now requires therapy.

The lawsuit seeks an undisclosed amount in damages.
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Re: Waukegan .. and the wonderful Police!!! - by JazminH - 06-24-2009, 08:38 PM

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