NC State sexual abuse lawsuit dismissed by judge

In a North Carolina courtroom, a judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by 31 former NC State athletes who alleged sexual abuse by the program's former sports medicine director — a figure entrusted with their physical care and recovery. The ruling does not speak to whether the alleged harm occurred, only that this particular legal path has been closed. For those who came forward collectively, at great personal cost, the decision marks a painful intersection of institutional accountability and procedural law — a reminder that the architecture of justice does not always open its doors to those wh