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Former San Jose State Women’s Volleyball player Brooke Slusser responded Monday after Pakinomist Digital reported that the Mountain West conference hired the same law firm to investigate the transient athlete Brooke Fleming’s misconduct depletions that the conference was using to defend the athlete’s eligibility for the conference tournament in court.
Slusser was at the heart of an alleged conspiracy plot involving Fleming and a Colorado State player to hurt her during a game. Pakinomist Digital earlier reported that Mountain West hired the company Willkie Farr & Gallagher (WFG) to investigate the allegations.
Mountain West hired the company to handle the investigation in the same month that the same company represented the conference to protect Fleming’s eligibility in a request for preliminary injunction to have the Trans -Aatle disqualified from women’s competition and the conference tournament.
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Brooke Slusser, Left, and Blaire Fleming of San Jose State Spartans call a game against Air Force Falcons on October 19, 2024 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Andrew WeVers/Getty Images)
The study was closed after three days when Fleming was cleared of impremal. But no evidence was ever revealed by the conference as Fleming continued to end the season, earn all-conference hands and even led SJSU all the way to Mountain West Championship Game.
The WFG Attorney who led the investigation into allegations against Fleming, Tim Heafhy, later offered the school’s legal adviser to help it navigate a federal title IX survey in the same situation as seen in public items obtained by Pakinomist Digital. The offer was rejected.
Slusser talked about the recent finds in a performance on Pakinomist Channel’s “America Reports.”
“It is obvious when this was exposed to the public that there is so much bias in this situation, and they are just trying to sweep these things under the blanket and do not have to tackle it when there are obvious problems going on everywhere,” she said.
Law Firm who worked to keep SJSU Trans -Player warranted, also cleared athlete to consiles to hurt teammate
BROOKE SLUSS AND BLAIRE FLEMING (Getty Images)
“They need to be held responsible for using the same law firm and not conducting a thorough investigation because title IX was built to protect women, and they obviously decide to protect the man in this situation when they obviously tried to hurt a female athlete at their school, and they still support this male athlete, and it’s just wrong everywhere.
Slusser ultimately hopes that no other female athletes should tackle the same things she experienced.
“The goal is to never have to let another female athlete go through what I did. The sport was ruined for me my senior season,” she said. “So the goal is to give back to the young girls who had the same dream that I did, but to be able to love it all the time.”
None of WFG’s lawyers have been accused of violating any applicable rules for professional behavior.
San Jose State Spartans player Brooke Slusser has a lawsuit against the team. (With the permission of the San Jose State Athletics)
Bock’s remarks followed a statement from the White House on the question of earlier this week.
Mountain West, Willkie Farr & Gallagher and San Jose State University have not responded to requests for comment.
