Coach-athlete sex, rape and PEDs at Huntington University? Nick Johnson scandal gets grimmer thanks to David Woods expose

is the full 59 page lawsuit public? there are a lot of unanswered questions from the article.

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WILSON et al v. JOHNSON et al (1:22-cv-00336), Indiana Northern District Court

WILSON et al v. JOHNSON et al (1:22-cv-00336), Indiana Northern District Court, Filed: 09/30/2022

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Technically, yes. But you would have to pay for it I believe.

ok I read it.

I was going to summarize anything here but I'm not going to. It's honestly the worst thing I've ever read.

Those ladies have all my respect for coming forward on this. The sheer courage, fortitude and willpower. I wish them nothing but blessings.

I'm so heartbroken for everyone involved (not N*ck and L**r*n of course). What a master class in manipulation, and the total lack of protection, and basic respect and human dignity.

Every single one of those ladies deserved more from nearly everyone around them. That this was allowed to go on for as long as it did is an indictment on the whole running community--the people in Portland who could have done more to stop them and didn't, the NAIA, Huntington, Nike, the list goes on.

And this should be a major national story.

I read the new court filing. I would encourage everyone who has followed this story to spend the $4.15 to read the new court filing before commenting on this thread any further.

I read it, and it is an amendment of the original complaint which can be accessed for free on the first post of this thread. I would recommend re-reading that if you don't feel like paying but want a refresher.

New relevant information in the amended complaint: new plaintiff, a former female athlete that is accusing more of the same of what we already know (unfortunately); new named defendant, a higher-up at HU who had knowledge of the situation and the authority to act on the university's behalf but did nothing; it also mentions more PEDs such as EPO and testosterone cream along with the L-Carnitine which we knew about.

There are surely some more details that are included that I have glazed over but I think I included most of the key points. One thing that I find interesting about the new plaintiff is, fortunately, there were no sexual relations between her and Nick (although Nick wanted her to break up with her boyfriend at the time) and she was a part of the team before Nick and Lauren were hired in 2018 (meaning the Johnsons had no effect on her choosing to attend HU). She provides a perspective of someone who was never lured by the Johnson's and furthermore had the courage to speak up on the matter, so kudos to her.

This story is so wild. The arrogance of Nick/Lauren and the absence of any leadership is troubling. It's worth mentioning that their men's team may have not be sexually assaulted but they seem to be implicated numerous times in the EPO/testosterone debacle. Their performances should cast a doubt. The allegations combined with a men's team member testing positive for PED's at the national meet should indicated systemic doping and cover up. Enough to warrant an immediate suspension of the sport at HU. I hope sound minds prevail and support the student athletes at this time. It is not a time to do nothing if you are of authority. That means HU officials (corrupt), the conference and NAIA need to intervene for the safety of these young women and men.

Does the new amendment give details about how they know it was EPO? From what I recall, the original lawsuit says it was an unknown substance, so I’m curious how they can now identify the substance.

That's what I was interested in when I read it and the only thing I saw was that he had a prescription for testosterone cream and a prescription for EPO (?) but I'm not sure how they know that.

Lauren told police about Nick’s testosterone cream prescription back during the original investigation. If Nick has a medical prescription for other medication, I’m sure LE pulled that info a while ago.

Anyone hear specifically what Haile tested positive for at Nationals? I heard this morning that the specific drug/PED is now known by some folks, but I haven't heard any specifics.

Anybody have any knowledge about the the rumor that Cornerstone’s coach Josh Neideck is going to Huntington?

I guess good for him? Feels like a strange hire though. Josh ran at IWU for 4 years. He then coached at IWU for a year and coached at Taylor for a year. He no doubt had conversations with HU coaches and athletes during that time. If you were involved with the crossroads league between the years of 2017-2020 (which Josh was), you absolutely heard the rumors about Nick Johnson and the Huntington team.

Not quite sure what to make of this. Wishing Josh the best of luck.

Sort of high risk, high reward:

Reward: Nobody wants this job, so they will probably give him whatever he wants and let him do whatever he wants.

Risk: If things hit the fan (more than they already have), he could easily get caught up in that. And then he's unhirable moving forward.

I personally wold not touch this job with a 39 and a half foot pole. Good luck kid.

Agreed. I wasn’t trying to slight Josh at all. I’m sure he got a significant pay increase compared to his previous job. Good for him.

I’ve met Josh and I think this could be a cool story, but I think it’s fair to analyze this hire through a very critical lens. I just don’t understand why the university would hire someone with such close ties to the community, to the school, to the coaches, to the competition, etc. You would think they would want to distance themselves from the situation, but I guess not.

idk I’ll stop there. The more I think about this the more uneasy I feel.

He's had two top 5 National Finishes without the drama. Why on Earth would he take the job unless he's looking to pad his resume with Wiley, but even then everyone knows Lauren is giving her the workouts.

Doesn't make sense to me - kid is asking to jeopardize his future when he's already had success. If he wanted to jump ship at Cornerstone that bad he could have waited until the summer instead of take one of the most toxic job openings in the country.

This is such a disgusting comment. The way you say hopefully he avoids “getting stoffel’d” implies that Hannah Stoffel is somehow to blame for everything happening at HU? 99.9% of male coaches never have the thought of raping and drugging their female athletes. But you’re saying it’s on Neideck to “assure” HU he won’t do that? Nothing you say on this thread surprises me anymore but that comment shows how out of touch you really are.

I hope you enjoy warm weather, because it's going to awfully hot down there.