After being out of the hospital for almost a week, Ben Brown stated his frustration with the university.

Brown, a starting cornerback on the Eastern football team, was stabbed twice in the abdomen outside the Martin Luther King University Union at around 1 a.m. Feb. 26.

He said he was recovering physically but is upset with the university for the lack of legal action taken so far against the freshman he claims attacked him.

“I’m pissed as hell at the judicial board because nothing is happening to this kid,” Brown said. “I see him in the library and he’s just walking around campus like he didn’t do anything.”

University Police stated that the case and the police reports that have not been released to the public have been turned over to the Coles County state’s attorney’s office.

“It is a lot of paperwork and reports to go through, so we hope to hear from them in a couple of days,” said university police chief Adam Due. “It will be up to them to decide whether charges will be filed.”

Brown had discussions last week with the university judicial board. He said they were unclear with him on what steps will be taken to resolve the issue.

“They told me that they were more worried about me or somebody else retaliating than punishing the kid that stabbed me,” Brown said.

University officials had no further comment on the incident because the case was still under investigation.

Brown said what he remembered after the incident occurred was the immediate surgery at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center once he arrived and the concern of the medical officials that one of the wounds had possibly ruptured his colon.

“Once that wasn’t the case, I was fine,” Brown said. “At that point, except for a couple of stab wounds, I’m fine.”

Brown may have to watch his teammates from the sidelines during spring workouts and the intra-squad game. Doctors have advised the junior preseason All-American not to engage in any activity requiring physical conduct for at least 5-6 weeks.

“(The trainers and coaches) aren’t going to rush me back at all,” Brown said.

Panthers’ defensive coordinator Roc Bellantoni was unable to comment about Brown’s condition and situation after receiving an e-mail from the vice president’s office telling him that the case was still under investigation.

Bellantoni and the coaching staff have stated that a player with the experience and leadership of Brown will be missed during the spring, but it’s not critical that he participate due to injury concerns.

“We want him at 100 percent physically,” Bellantoni said on Feb. 28. “His health is the most important thing to this team.”

Bellantoni and many teammates were able to visit Brown at Sarah Bush when his family was not, which Brown said gave him inspiration while lying in a hospital bed.

“I couldn’t believe the amount of people that came to visit me, it was like I had a second family that had my back,” Brown said. “That kept my mental spirits high.”