Former New Mexico State basketball players settle lawsuit over alleged hazing incidents

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The former New Mexico State basketball players who filed a lawsuit alleging they were ganged up on and sexually assaulted by teammates have settled the case, one of their attorneys said Tuesday.

Aggie players Deuce Benjamin and Shak Odunewu filed the lawsuit in April, alleging three players on the team assaulted them, while coaches who knew of the assaults did nothing about it.

Attorney Joleen Youngers said all defendants — the players, coaches and the New Mexico State board of regents — were part of the settlement, and that she could not release the terms. A school spokesman said terms would be released on the state's open-records website "soon."

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The New Mexico State Aggies logo on pair of shorts during the first round game of the 2022 NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament against the Connecticut Huskies at KeyBank Center on March 17, 2022 in Buffalo, New York.   (Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)

"The important thing was getting a settlement that reasonably compensates them and allows them to put this matter behind them, and helps them to move on," Youngers said. "Because a lawsuit like this can end up being a second victimization, where they have to go through months, if not years, of dealing with all the issues."

Separately, the state attorney general has been looking into potential criminal charges in the case.

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Former New Mexico State NCAA college basketball player Shak Odunewu speaks at a news conference in Las Cruces, N.M., Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Odunewu and former Aggie player Deuce Benjamin, who