Exclusive: The home base of the former assistant -volleyball coach of San Jose State University Melissa Batie-Moose Was shot on Monday evening in Scotts Valley, California, Bati-Moose and the local police told Fox News Digital.
Scotts Valley Captain Scott Garner from the police told Fox News Digital that officers established that the weapon used was a pellet gun and is being investigated as an act of vandalism. The pellet was found by the police. No one has been damaged and no suspect or motive has been determined. The research is underway.
“We follow a few neighbors to see what we can discover,” said Garner. “At the moment there is no supervision, there are no leads, there is no nothing. We are just going to do our due diligence to interview the neighbors.”
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The Batie-Smoose contract with San Jose State went on January 31 after she was suspended from the program in November. Batie-Smoose previously submitted a title IX complaint against the program about a situation with transgender volleyball player Blaire Fleming. Batie-Smoose is also involved in a lawsuit against SJSU and the Mountain West Conference about the situation in which Fleming is involved.
There is no connection between the incident on Monday evening and the title IX complaint of Batie-Smoose, the departure of the program and the current lawsuit determined by the police.
Batie-Smoose, however, believes that she was “on” target.
“I do that,” Batie-Smoose told Fox News Digital when he was asked if she believes that incident was linked to the situation with SJSU and Fleming. “It cannot be a coincidence that I have never let this happen and in our neighborhood I spoke with neighbors who have lived there for more than 10 years and not even a thief in the area, let alone someone in their house Shoot. “
Hole in the window of the former assistant volleyball coach Melissa Batie-Smoose of San Jose State after an incident in which her house was shot by what the police determined was a pellet gun. (Photo with thanks to Melissa Batie-Smoose)
Batie Smoose said the incident took place when she had a virtual meeting with members of the Independent Council on Women’s Sports (Icons).
She spoke with the main lawyer Bill Bock and Mountain West Conference volleyball players who were involved in the court case. While discussing the legal battle and the NCAA’s new policy Regarding gender eligible, she heard a glass breaking in her house.
“I hear this big sound and it sounds like breaking glass and in the beginning I was just like” what happened just? Where did that sound come from? ” And then, as soon as it registered, I look at the window and see the bullet hole. ”
Batie-Smoose said she crawled on the floor behind her bank and called her husband and said he had to call the police. The pellet was shot on the window opposite her back garden.
“The police said the shot from the street should come behind me,” said Batie-Smoose, adding that most of her neighbors were not at home when the incident took place.
When Batie-Smoose was informed that the police found that the incident was an act of vandalism because of the fact that the weapon used, she called the decision ‘crazy’.
“So because it may not be a gun that it is just considered vandalism, even if it can harm you?” Said Batie-Smoose. “That’s a bit crazy for me. Anyway, if an object comes to your head at that power, you will be damaged. It’s crazy for me.
“I don’t know how this is downgraded to vandalism.”
Batie-Smoose said that she rather received hostile e-mails about her position on Fleming and Trans Inclusion in Women’s Sports. She also claimed that she had had personal quarrels with individuals in Santa Cruz and Scotts Valley who did not agree with her attitude.
“People recognize me in the community and I am in an area that speaks out and speaks to fight for women’s sports, I am in an area with some crazy people and I certainly believe it was a target on me because I speak out,” .
Batie-Smoose added that all coaches and players involved in the volleyball program of San Jose State know their address. Batie-Smoose came to the program in 2023, but does not exclude people outside the program to find her address in other ways.
“I feel that people of this time can easily find your address,” said Batie-Smoose. “Did I put it there? No. But I am sure that if you looked hard enough, you could find my address. “
Batie-Smoose has since left her house and stays somewhere else while the investigation continues.
Batie-Smoose has appeared several times on FOX News programs for the protection of women’s sports in the midst of the current scandal with San Jose State.
Batie-Smoose was suspended from the program on 2 November after she had filed the complaint of the title IX. 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.
Normal Police protection was assigned For the team and the entire season in the midst of security problems, including an incident in which Slussier was informed of a physical threat to its safety on 2 October, Fox News Digital reported earlier.
Both the trial of Slussser and the complaint of the title IX of Batie-Smoose claim that Fleming was consistent with Colorado State Volleyball player Malaya Jones prior to the match between the two programs on 3 October. The complaint claimed that Fleming offered a reconnaissance report to Jones to ensure a Colorado-State-Competitive benefit, and is said to set up a plan to set up Jones with a clear lane to Spike Slussies in the face during the game.
The letter stated that the investigation of the conference interviews with coaches and student athletes included in both San Jose State and Colorado State. However, the letter did not specifically indicate which individuals were interviewed. The conference refused to provide details about the people who were interviewed when asked by Fox News Digital.
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”.
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“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: “Read Bock’s statement.
San Jose State is now also being investigated by the Ministry of Education of President Donald Trump to determine whether Title IX -violations took place during the FLEMING Terms of the Volleyball Team.
San José State University President Cynthia Teniente-Matson has told Fox News Digital that the university is willing to cooperate in the research.
Fox News Digital has contacted San Jose State to inquire about a statement about the incident with the Batie-Smoose House.
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