1/22/2RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Fourteen former N.C. State male athletes have filed a civil lawsuit in state court alleging sexual abuse under the guise of treatment and harassment by the Wolfpack’s former director of sports medicine, expanding a case that began with a federal lawsuit from a single athlete three years ago. The lawsuit filed Wednesday evening in Wake County Superior Court alleges years of misconduct by Robert Murphy Jr., including improper touching of the genitals during massages and intrusive observation while collecting urine samples during drug testing. Murphy, who was at N.C. State from 2012-22, is among the nine defendants named individually. Athletes afraid of losing their scholarship or their spot on the team, trainers afraid of reporting their boss, coaches afraid of getting involved, directors afraid of harming NCSU’s reputation. N.C. State spokesman Mick Kulikowski said in an email Thursday the school doesn’t comment on pending litigation in response to a request for comment.