San José State University President Cynthia Teniente-Matson has addressed himself an investigation To the university by the US Department of Education on the treatment of a transgender volleyball player.
SJSU will be investigated for potential title IX violations about the treatment of transgenderatleet Blairing FlemingThe Doe told Fox News Digital earlier on Thursday.
Teniente-Matson has provided an explanation to FOX News Digital and said that the university is willing to work together in the research.
“San José State University strives to ensure that all our students, including our student athletes, are reasonably treated, free of discrimination and the rights and protections granted under federal and national legislation, including privacy rights.
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“We follow policy and regulations set out by the California State University System and the applicable legislation, and we acknowledge that these laws and policy rules can sometimes cross in complex ways. When navigating these frameworks, our focus remains on maintaining our responsibilities In supporting our responsibilities while they are supported while they are supported while they are supported while they are supported, our students.
“We recently received aware that the US Department of Education started a targeted investigation with regard to Title IX in the light of the Executive Order of President Trump with regard to athletics participation. Like any federal investigation, we will be in full contact come from the process and remain transparent in our compliance with all applicable laws.
“Although we adhere to legal and regulatory requirements, the state of San José will continue to act within our authority to maintain the values ​​that define us as an institution. Our focus remains on our values, including promoting an environment that cultivates compassion, Every student has the chance to thrive.
Fleming played three seasons in the women’s team, from 2022-24, as one of the top hitters of the Mountain West, who led the team in murders. However, according to the truth about the birth sex of Fleming of other female players in the team, SJSU managers would have withheld A lawsuit Posted by 11 Mountain West -Volleyball players and a former SJSU assistant -coach.
Former Spartans Co-captain Brooke Leads that lawsuit and claims that San José Staats managers and volleyball coach Todd Kress actively prevented her from knowing Fleming’s birth sex, while she assigns her to share bedrooms with the transgenderatleet on most road trips during their first season together in 2023.
The controversy with Fleming led five of the opponents of SJSU in 2024 forfeit A total of eight games. The last forfeiture was a semi -final of the Mountain West tournament against BOise State, which had already forfeited the Spartans in the regular season twice.
That forfeited sent Fleming, Slussner and SJSU to the final of the conference, where they lost from the state of Colorado. In November prior to the tournament, the plaintiffs in the trial of Slussner applied for an emergency bus in an attempt to have Fleming removed from the competition and all losses by forfeiting the data of their opponents. Federal Judge Kato Crews, who was appointed by President Joe Biden in January 2024,, however, ruled that Fleming could play.
The situation became so volatile that the team regularly needed Protection For his home and road races. Slusser previously told Fox News Digital that the experience was ‘traumatizing’.
“This season is so traumatizing that I don’t even have a proud moment,” said Slusser.
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Former assistant -volleyball coach of San José State University Melissa Batie-MooseIt was released from the program, was suspended from the program 2 November after she had filed a complaint from Title IX against the university with regard to the alleged handling of the situation with Fleming. The complaint included accusations that Fleming had tensioned with an opponent to have the former SJSU-Co captain Brooke Slusser in the face during a match in October.
Batie-Smoose’s complaint claims that Fleming has provided a reconnaissance report to an opponent to guarantee a competitive advantage of Colorado and is reportedly set up a plan to set up an opponent with a clear lane to be in the face Spike-Slusser during a competition.
SLUSSER was never risen in the face during that match, but Colorado State won in straight sets.
A Mountain West investigation into the allegations of Batie-Smoose found insufficient evidence to discipline every player mentioned in the allegations.
The lawyer of Slusser, Bill Bock, later issued a statement to Fox News Digital, in which he insisted that the investigation was “infected with bias”.
Sjsu Transgender player Blaire Fleming, left, and teammate Brooke Slusser went to a magical show and had Thanksgiving together in Las Vegas, despite a constant lawsuit about Fleming that was transgender. (Thien-an Truong/San Jose State Athletics)
“Because the MWC’s investigation was insufficient, and anything but thorough, and because the close-out letter from the MWC is steeped in errors, the undersigned gives this representation and demands that the MWC is immediately and publicly released: (1) the investigation report drawn up The researcher (s), and (2) all documents related to the claimed ‘thorough investigation’ of the MWC and on which the decision of the MWC not to continue, was based, “said Bock’s statement.
Almost each of the players in the SJSU’s 2024 team that has the remaining NCAA fitness has arrived the NCAA transfer portal, Fox News Digital previously reported.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday to prevent transgender athletes from participating in sports and girls sports. The NCAA announced on Thursday that it is eligible for its policy to qualify for the gender in accordance with the Executive Order of Trump.
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