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Las Cruces NMSU Hazing Settlement: What an $8 Million Resolution Means for Student-Athlete Sexual Assault Victims If you are reading this because your child came home from college changed — quieter, flinching at sounds, dropping a sport they loved, unable to explain what happened inside a team culture that was supposed to protect them — you are in the right place. What happened at New Mexico State University is not an isolated story. It is a pattern that plays out at universities across this country, and the $8 million settlement those young men and their families reached is proof that the law recognizes what was done to them as real, compensable, and wrong. We are Attorney911 — The Manginello Law Firm, PLLC. We are a trial firm that takes New Mexico cases, and we are writing this page as a resource for every family in Las Cruces and across this state who needs to understand what happened at NMSU, what the law says about it, and what to do if it happened to someone you love. We were not counsel in the NMSU case. We are here because what happened there is not unique, and the families who come next…

Clergy Sexual Abuse & Diocese Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Claims in Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, New Mexico — Attorney911 Pursues the Roman Catholic Dioceses and Archdioceses Behind Priest-Abusers Assigned to Southern New Mexico Parishes From 1956 Through 1982, Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Practice, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider Who Knows How Diocesan Insurers Value and Deny These Claims, We Secure Personnel Files, Placement Records and Historical Insurance Policies Before the 120-Day Bar Date Closes, New Mexico Has No Effective Statute of Limitations on Child Sexual Abuse and the Successor Las Cruces Diocese Remains Exposed Outside the Bankruptcy Stay, the Firm Has Recovered $50M+ for Injury Victims — Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911

Las Cruces Clergy Sexual Abuse Claims: The El Paso Diocese Bankruptcy and Your Rights as a Survivor If you were sexually abused by a priest at a parish in southern New Mexico — in Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, or anywhere that was part of the El Paso Catholic Diocese before 1982 — the bankruptcy filing you just heard about does not erase your claim. It changes the forum. Your right to seek accountability and compensation is still very much alive, but it now runs on a new clock with a deadline you cannot afford to miss. The diocese has proposed a 120-day window for survivors to come forward, and once that window closes, silence means forfeiture. We are going to walk you through exactly what happened, what it means for you, and what to do about it — plainly, without legal jargon, and with nothing held back. The El Paso Catholic Diocese filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization on March 6, 2026, in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas. The filing automatically paused 12 lawsuits involving 18 survivors who allege childhood sexual abuse by priests at New Mexico parishes between 1956 and early 1982, when…

60,000 Financial Records at Issue as Diocese Civil Suit Is Dismissed — Parishioner Data-Security & Institutional Records Claims in Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, New Mexico: Attorney911 Brings Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Practice, We Pursue the Institution and Those Behind the Unauthorized Removal of Financial Documents from the Diocese and Basilica of San Albino in Mesilla, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider Who Knows How the Claims Machine Values and Denies These Cases, We Move to Preserve IT Access Logs and Digital Audit Trails Before Server Overwrite Cycles Erase the Evidence, State Data-Breach Notification and Consumer-Protection Doctrine, the Firm Has Recovered $50M+ Total — Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911

Las Cruces Diocese Records Dispute: What Happened, What It Means, and What Your Rights Are If you are a parishioner in Las Cruces or Mesilla reading about 60,000 financial records removed from the Diocese, a priest suspended, and a lawsuit quietly dismissed — you are not overreacting by wanting to know whether your personal information was in those files. You are doing exactly what a careful person does when an institution that holds your data loses control of it. We are going to tell you everything we know about how these situations work under New Mexico law, what the Diocese’s own statements reveal and what they do not, and what your actual rights are — whether you gave money in a collection plate, enrolled a child in a parish school, or simply have your name and address on a parish registry. This page is legal information, not legal advice, and contacting us is free and confidential. But the information here is real, it is specific to New Mexico, and it is written by trial lawyers who have spent decades holding institutions accountable for the records they keep and the duties they owe. What Actually Happened in Las Cruces Here is…

NMSU Basketball Sexual Assault & Hazing Lawsuit in Las Cruces, Dona Ana County, New Mexico — Attorney911 Holds the University and the Coaching Staff Accountable for Title IX Deliberate Indifference When Reports of Locker-Room Abuse and Team-Bus Sexual Assault Were Met With Laughter and Inaction, Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Practice, Lead Counsel in the Active $10M+ Hazing Institutional-Liability Case, We Move to Preserve Cell-Phone Video, Team-Bus Footage and Internal Coaching Communications Before the Overwrite Cycle Erases Them, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider Who Knows How the Claims Machine Defends Institutional Negligence, the Firm Has Recovered $50M+ for Injury Victims, the New Mexico Tort Claims Act Notice Clock Is Running — Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911

Las Cruces, Dona Ana County, New Mexico — NMSU Basketball Hazing & Sexual Assault: Your Rights Under Title IX and New Mexico Law You are reading this at an hour when most people are asleep. Maybe you are the one it happened to — a young athlete who came to New Mexico State University to play the sport you love, and instead was held down on a team bus while teammates who were supposed to have your back did something you cannot unlive. Maybe you are a parent who just learned what your child survived, or what your child is still carrying in silence, months after the news cycle moved on and the program was shut down and the coach was fired and everyone acted like that was the end of it. It is not the end of it. What happened at NMSU between the summer of 2022 and February 2023 — the degrading comments, the forced exposure, the shower assaults, the bus assault on November 12, the hotel room where a freshman was told “this is what we do” — that is not a scandal that closed when the season was cancelled. It is an injury that is still…

NMSU Hazing & Sexual Assault Lawsuit — Attorney911 Holds Universities Accountable for Athletic Program Abuse, Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Practice, Lead Counsel in the Active $10M+ Bermudez Hazing Lawsuit, We Pursue Institutional Liability for Title IX Violations and Negligent Supervision in Las Cruces, New Mexico, $8 Million Settlement Reached for Deuce Benjamin and Shakiru Odunewu, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider Who Knows How the Claims Machine Values and Denies Cases, We Move to Preserve Internal Investigation Records and Title IX Reports, Millions Recovered for Catastrophic Injuries — Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911

When the Locker Room Becomes a Crime Scene: The $8 Million NMSU Settlement If you are a student-athlete or the parent of one in Las Cruces, New Mexico, you know that the jersey represents more than just a game. It represents a future, a scholarship, and a sacred trust between a family and a university. When that trust is shattered by systemic abuse—especially the kind of egregious sexual assault and physical hazing recently uncovered within the New Mexico State University (NMSU) men’s basketball program—the damage reaches far beyond the court. We are looking at an $8 million settlement paid by NMSU to victims and their families. This is one of the most significant resolutions in the history of college sports law, and it sends a clear message: an institution cannot look the other way while its players are being terrorized. Whether you are dealing with a similar situation at a university, a high school, or a private club, you need to understand the legal machinery that forced this result. At The Manginello Law Firm, PLLC (Attorney911), we work with families to move through the wreckage of institutional betrayal. We don’t get paid unless we win your case, and we offer…