Former Sjsu Women's Volleyball Star Calls Out 'bias' As Transgender Athlete Controversy Reignites

Former San Jose State women’s volleyball subordinate Brooke Slusser reacted connected Monday aft Fox News Digital reported that nan Mountain West Conference hired nan aforesaid rule patient to analyse nan transgender jock Brooke Fleming’s misconduct allegations that nan convention was utilizing to take sides nan athlete's eligibility for nan convention tourney successful court.

Slusser was astatine nan bosom of an alleged conspiracy crippled involving Fleming and a Colorado State subordinate to harm her during a game. Fox News Digital antecedently reported that Mountain West hired nan patient Willkie Farr & Gallagher (WFG) to analyse nan allegations.

The Mountain West hired nan patient to grip nan investigation successful nan aforesaid period that nan aforesaid patient represented nan convention to protect Fleming's eligibility successful a petition for preliminary injunction to person nan trans jock disqualified from women's title and nan convention tournament. 

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Brooke Slusser, left, and Blaire Fleming of nan San Jose State Spartans telephone a play against nan Air Force Falcons connected Oct. 19, 2024, successful Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Andrew Wevers/Getty Images)

The investigation was closed aft 3 days pinch Fleming being cleared of impropriety. But nary grounds was ever disclosed by nan conference, arsenic Fleming went connected to decorativeness retired nan season, gain all-conference honors and moreover led SJSU each nan measurement to nan Mountain West title game.

The WFG lawyer who led nan investigation into allegations against Fleming, Tim Heaphy, later offered nan schoolhouse ineligible counsel to thief it navigate a national Title IX investigation complete nan aforesaid situation, arsenic seen successful nationalist records obtained by Fox News Digital. The connection was declined.

Slusser said astir nan caller findings successful an quality connected Fox News Channel’s "America Reports."

"It’s evident erstwhile this was put retired into nan nationalist that there’s truthful overmuch bias successful this situation, and they’re trying to conscionable expanse these things nether nan rug and not person to woody pinch it erstwhile there’s evident problems going connected each complete nan place," she said.

LAW FIRM THAT WORKED TO KEEP SJSU TRANS PLAYER ELIGIBLE ALSO CLEARED ATHLETE OF CONSPIRING TO HARM TEAMMATE

Brooke Slusser and Blaire Fleming (Getty Images)

"They request to beryllium held accountable for utilizing nan aforesaid rule patient and not doing a thorough investigation because Title IX was built to protect women, and they’re evidently deciding to protect nan man successful this business erstwhile they were blatantly trying to harm a female jock astatine their school, and they’re still backing this antheral jock and that’s conscionable incorrect each complete nan place. And there’s schools each complete nan federation doing this, they’re conscionable not getting nan spotlight it deserves."

Slusser yet hopes that nary different female athletes person to woody pinch nan aforesaid things she experienced.

"The extremity is to ne'er person to fto different female jock spell done what I did. The athletics was ruined for maine my elder season," she said. "So, nan extremity is to springiness backmost to those young girls who had nan aforesaid dream that I did but to beryllium capable to emotion it nan full time."

None of WFG's attorneys person been accused of violating immoderate applicable rules of master conduct.

William Bock, nan lawyer starring a suit against SJSU and nan Mountain West connected behalf of 11 existent aliases erstwhile convention women's athletes, said retired against nan convention earlier Monday.

San Jose State Spartans subordinate Brooke Slusser has a suit revenge against nan team. (Courtesy of San Jose State Athletics)

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Bock’s remarks followed a White House statement connected nan rumor from earlier this week.

Mountain West, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, and San Jose State University person not responded to requests for comment.

Fox News' Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.

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