This is the land of opportunity. That is the norm. There are already multiple plaintiffs in this lawsuit who declined to press charges.
Some people might rip you for this, saying maybe they were scared at first etc. etc.
But it makes sense, doesn't it?
Some lawyer seeks you out, you find them, or you simply hear about the ongoing lawsuit. The lawyer promises that if you do what they say, say the things they tell you to, and just go along with it, they'll do the dirty work. Your name will be kept anonymous, and likely you'll never have to go in front of a court or go to trial. They tell you there's maybe hundreds of millions of dollars at stake. Think about all those zeros, more money than you may make in your entire life. You don't know how much of it you'll get, but it sounds like a lot and it sounds worth it. Suddenly you change your story, want "justice" and go along with the entire process, willingly dragging yourself through it knowing the potential prize, thinking about retiring before the ripe old age of 25 if you're lucky.
All the while, the lawyers will like get 35% or so, knowing if they can get these people to play along, they too will retire exceedingly wealthy, and all they had to do was destroy the reputation of a state institution they care nothing about. They know in most instances, big, powerful institutions want these things to go away. So they wait, build their "case," file the suit after the recruiting season and super bowl are over and before march madness when sports news outlets have nothing else to report, they slowly release new pieces of "shocking, incriminating evidence" to keep the ADHD media focused on it, hoping it never sees the discovery phase, let alone a judge and jury, thinking they can all walk away very wealthy.