(FOX59) — A former coach at Huntington University denies allegations made by two former Huntington University cross country and track runners who filed a federal lawsuit. The women claim they were doped and sexually assaulted and that school officials and other coaches did not stop it.
The lawsuit names former coaches Nicholas Johnson and his wife, Lauren Johnson, as well as former assistant coach Curtis Hines, the university, the university’s board of trustees as well as unnamed administrators as defendants.
After that federal lawsuit and an IndyStar investigation, Lauren Johnson and two other Huntington University athletes are sharing their side of the story.
Lauren told FOX59, the reporter who broke the story reached out to her before the lawsuit was filed. The Huntington All-American and World Championship qualifier said she was driving her athletes to a meet when she found out. She said the way she was forced out is wrong.
“I immediately thought of my athletes because they were left mid-season without a coach,” Lauren said.
Last month, FOX59 reported on the two female Huntington runners who filed the federal lawsuit. They accuse Lauren’s husband, Nicholas, of multiple counts of rape in 2020 and forced injections they say happened in 2019 and 2020. Their lawyer, Jon Little, didn’t want to speak for our story, but the lawyer talked to the IndyStar who broke the story.
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