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SJSU volleyball player forced to flee from the campus for threats after speaking against the teammate

SJSU volleyball player forced to flee from the campus for threats after speaking against the teammate

The former Volleyball Co-Capitan of the State University of San José, Brooke Slusser, has revealed that she has been forced to finish her last semester of the university from her home after talking about the transgender controversy that shook the team.

Slusser, who supported the decisions of the rival teams to lose games against SJSU, sued the school for former Transgender teammate Blaire Fleming.

Slusser along with 10 other current or previous players of Mountain West and the former associate coach of SJSU, Melissa Batie-Smoose, filed the lawsuit in November, claiming that the university and the conference officials violated their rights of Title IX.

However, Slusser said he faced harassment on the campus, online threats and mental health problems following his position.

As a consequence of the serious violent reaction, she and her family made the decision to finish her university education virtually in her native state in Texas, since she no longer felt sure on the University’s California campus.

“I would simply be walking, and it would make people tell me things, as if a girl were screaming ”

SJSU volleyball player forced to flee from the campus for threats after speaking against the teammate

The former Volleyball Co-Capitan of the State University of San José, Brooke Slusser, has fled the campus

Slusser sued school for transgender athlete Blaire Fleming in November

Slusser sued school for transgender athlete Blaire Fleming in November

“I was in the elevator once in my apartment and some girls, while they left, they were like ‘Oh, that’s the girl, you should have slapped her when you had the opportunity,” so that kind of thing happened.

‘I literally felt sure. Every time I left the house, I felt that people were like looking at me, I felt that I had to look at my back every time I was on the campus.

“I also had some threats, so you never know what people will do,” added Slusser. “People threatened to face my campus, and just that kind of thing.”

Slusser first joined Riley Gaines’ demand against NCAA in September, who said that volleyball coaches and SJSU university administrators retained information about Fleming’s birth sex.

In November, he filed his own lawsuit against the head coach of SJSU, the University and the Mountain West conference.

The lawsuit requested that Fleming was ineligible for the Mountain West conference tournament, SJSU’s profits to be unoccupied and the team that is considered not eligible for the conference tournament.

The lawsuit also claimed that the rights of freedom of expression of the plaintiffs were violated because they were discouraged to talk about their opposition to their participation.

A SJSU spokesman refused to comment at that time.

Slusser said he faced harassment on campus, online threats and mental health problems

Slusser said he faced harassment on campus, online threats and mental health problems

Slusser supposedly tried to warn school, but he met anger

SJSU female chief coach, Todd Kress

Slusser supposedly tried to warn school, but he met the anger of chief coach Todd Kress

Sjsu administrators told the volleyball team that remained silent on the subject once it became public knowledge, and said that talking about it would be considered “transfobic,” the demand alleged.

According to reports, some of the team’s players were upset because they had not been informed of Fleming’s biological genre, just discovering when rumors on campus began to circulate.

Southern Utah, Boise State, Utah State, Nevada and Wyoming chose to lose games against the state of San José throughout the season.

The lawsuit declared that Slusser tried to warn his coaches that were coming before the season began.

‘Slusser said that the player (of the player) in the team was not fair with the girls and put them at physical risk. He also reported that other teams within the conference would not play SJSU because (the player) is in the team. The girls of other teams had told them that they wanted to protest against a man who plays female volleyball, “he wrote the demand.

But Slusser’s warnings met Fury from Chief coach Todd Kress, who “got angry with Slusser for bringing these concerns and told him that any protest about Fleming would not go anywhere.”

According to his teammates, Fleming hits the ball 80 miles per hour, faster than any other person at the conference during practice.

Several schools lost games against SJSU throughout the season due to security concerns

Several schools lost games against SJSU throughout the season due to security concerns

Slusser said that the powerful success puts other players at high risk of injury, including brain shocks, and gives the Spartans an unfair advantage.

At that time, NCAA’s policy on the participation of transgender athletes allowed transgender women to compete in women’s sports if they met the parameters established by the governing body of that sport. For volleyball, transgender women were considered eligible if they suppressed their testosterone under 10 nmol/l.

Sjsu had always maintained that all its players meet the criteria.

However, earlier this month, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that prohibits trans participation in women’s sports, forcing NCAA to change their policy.

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