An explosive lawsuit filed Friday accuses a softball coach at a Christian college of forcibly touching his players, offering to help them get jobs in the porn industry, and even inviting an adult film actress to deliver "life-counseling sessions" for the team, the New York Post reported.
Three of his former players at Nyack College in Rockland County, New York, allege that now-fired coach Kurt Ludwigsen, 44, would fondle their breasts and order them to sit on his lap, the Post reported.
In one particularly disturbing claim cited by the tabloid, one pitcher said Ludwigsen told her after a loss, “I am going to ear f--k you. This is your punishment. You are going to stand here and take it."
"Ludwigsen then began to lick [her] ear," the suit stated, according to the Post.
Todd Krouner, the attorney for the players, told The Huffington Post that the case "has strong merit to it."
"The allegations of sexual discrimination, harassment and deprivation of the student athletes' academic and social activities at Nyack College are profound and pervasive," Krouner said.
According to the Journal News, the three sexual harassment complaints also name Nyack College and administrators for failing to conduct sufficient background checks on the coach and for sexual discrimination and negligence. Ludwigsen had been investigated, though not arrested, for alleged sexual harassment of teen girls he had coached in California. The Press-Democrat in Santa Rosa said the complaints surfaced in June 2013 for allegations dating to 2010 and before in Petaluma, California.
In the New York case, player complaints led to Ludwigsen being dismissed from his Nyack post in March. He was arrested in April and now faces multiple counts of sex abuse-related charges involving 13 of his players between September 2014 and March 2015, KRON4 reported.
He is free on bail, the Journal News noted.
In a statement emailed to The Huffington Post on Monday, Nyack College said it had yet to be served with the suit and could not comment on pending litigation. The statement added that the school immediately fired the coach when the allegations surfaced, has cooperated fully with authorities, and does conduct rigorous background checks on new hires.
"We continue to keep those impacted in our prayers," the statement added.
UPDATE: The story has been updated with comment from the college.
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