Ex-Rutgers basketball player Derrick Randall sues school for Mike Rice incident

Derrick Randall, a former Rutgers basketball player who transferred out of the school this spring, is suing the school relating to the incidents that ultimately led to basketball coach Mike Rice being fired.

The lawsuit was filed Friday in federal court in Trenton and names Rice, Rutgers president Robert Barchi, former athletic director Tim Pernetti, former assistant coach James Martelli, CFO Janine Purcaro, and Mark Hershhorn, then chairman of board of governors' committee on intercollegiate athletics, as defendants.

Rice was fired in April after videos surfaced of him throwing basketballs at players and hurling slurs at them during practice. Pernetti subsequently resiged, as did Martelli.

The lawsuit, obtained by The Star-Ledger, calls the situation "one of the most outrageous college basketball abuse scandals in history."

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