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Alex Cooper shares her side of the story while claiming to have been sexually harassed by her former college football trainer Nancy Feldman.
Cooper made the allegations against the former Boston University football coach its new docuseries. Call Hi Alexwho performed for the first time on Sunday, June 8, at the New York City Tribeca Film Festival, sponsored by Fiji Water. However, Cooper wasn’t sure to start if she wanted to open for her past on the show, streaming on Hulu on Tuesday, June 10.
“I haven’t talked about this and I’ve talked about so much of my life, why not?” Cooper began, explaining that stepping back on the football pitch at university was what led to considering opening her “wound” back up. “The way to improve it will be to talk about it. But the second step when I really knew I needed to talk about this because it was so much more than me during the filming of this documentary, I discovered that harassment and abuse of power was still happening on the Boston University campus. And I spoke to be talking for that moment, which I got horrific and I became horrific and I got my knowledge of that moment I was called in that moment in that moment and I was called to be horrific and entered that story. ”
The Host podcast “Call Daddy Her” Played for the Women’s College football team between 2013 and 2015, graduating from Boston University in 2017. Feldman retired from the College’s Department of Athletics in 2022 after 27 years of training. Weekly US Extending to the University of Boston, the University of Boston and Feldman’s Athletic Department for comments on the allegations.
Cooper noted that sexual harassment was happy “on a larger scale” outside the football pitch.
“I knew it was time to talk about it. And I was shocked. And I’m still shocked. I’m shaking. I feel like I’m a decent public speaker at this point but I’m scared. Because when I think of this woman, I still feel so small,” he said. “I will also say the last thing that bothered me and why I didn’t come on for a long time – many reasons – (but) another part of why I had trouble was because the person who abused his power over me and was disturbed was a woman.
He continued, “f *** the patriarchy. F *** misogyny. As, will this take away from the message? And I now know that it is not. It’s a position of power if someone is abusing it -it is wrong. Full stop. It doesn’t matter what gender, full stop. So I’m happy I’ve had that out there but I still feel anxious.”
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Alex Cooper opens for alleged sexual harassment during her college years. In a new documentary, the host of a podcast “Call Her Daddy” claimed to have been harassed by a former Boston University football coach, Nancy Feldman. Cooper played for the college’s women’s football team between 2013 and 2015, by the University’s website. Cooper, 30, did (…)
When things are alleged to take turns with his instructor
Cooper claimed that “everything had really moved” during her sophomore year at college.
“I started to notice that it really started repairing on my way more than any other team for me,” Cooper claimed. “And it was confusing because the focus wasn’t like, ‘you’re doing so well, let’s get you on the field, you’re going to be a beginner,’ it was all based on it wanted to know who I was dating, she commented on my body and she always wanted to be alone with me.”
Cooper claimed that it would be focused during film sessions.
“We’re going to rewind my tape every five seconds and we’re going to talk about my hair, my body, ‘look at those legs. Everyone is looking at Alex in her dress.’ We would be in a preseason. She would pull me in, just staring at me. Alex, I want to see you in my office. ‘ I was attending he was on a full training scholarship. If I didn’t follow this woman’s rules, I was gone. “
Cooper continued, “One morning, my coach discovered that I was dropped on campus by a guy I saw and called for a private meeting between us. She asks me, ‘Did you get some last night?’ And I’m like, ‘I’m sorry what?’ And it’s like, ‘I don’t know if you should be sleeping off campus.’ And I’m like, ‘All the other girls on my team are sleeping off campus.’ I didn’t know what to do and every time I tried to resist it, he would say ‘there could be results.’ And it was. ”
Cooper claimed that a game was in the NCAA tournament against St. Johns where the instructor did not play as much as omitted references to her at the press conference for the game – despite her scoring.
“This psychotic game from, ‘You want to play? Tell me about your sex life. I have to drive you to your night class. Get in the car with me on my own,'” Cooper claimed. “I started trying to spend as little time as possible with her … anything not to be alone with this woman.”
Claims coach wanted to determine who Cooper lived with
When Cooper’s friend was started off the team with no alleged explanation, he remembered “falling physically to the ground and having a panic pulley” in their dorm room.
“I was so scared of what was next,” said Cooper. “The coach brought me the next day and said, ‘You see what I did to your friend? You’re not going to live with her. You’re going to live with who I want you to live with. And you won’t see her anymore.’
Consider legal action against instructor
Cooper’s mother spoke about the alleged harassment in the dock. “I didn’t point out that the coach had a personal issue with my daughter. And then once I knew he was personally, he took almost another year to find out that there was a sexual element to the personal issue,” he said.
The family reached out to lawyers who claimed this was a clear case of sexual harassment.
“He said, ‘You can sue this woman completely. This is a full sexual harassment, but, if I’m going to be real with you, they’ll drag this on for years, and this will be your life is the girl who sues the coach. And they will do everything to protect this woman,'” Cooper remembered. “And so my parents and I sit down with the Dean of Athletics, and my mother and dad say, ‘Our daughter has been sexually harassed by Nancy Feldman for the last three years on this campus, and from the new year of the day to this day, I’ve written all things down chronologically that my daughter has called me in my page and cried. side-eye looks at each other. And they say, ‘What do you want?’ And in the meantime, I’m like, read the book.
Cooper explained that she wanted to play for her older year, finishing what she has worked for “her whole life for.”
“But I can’t play for this woman,” said Cooper. “They said, ‘Well, we’re not going to fire it but you can keep your whole scholarship and that’s it.’ No investigation.
Permanent effects
As pictures of Cooper went back to Boston University for the first time, she cried out as she looked at the football pitch. He added, “It’s hard to look at this because of how it was all taken away from me it feels f *** ed.”
“I don’t think anyone could have prepared me for the lasting effects that came from this experience,” Cooper continued. “Something that I loved turning into something extremely painful. When I looked back at that time in my life, I was scared, hopeless. I had no resources and no options. And the minute I left that campus, I was determined to find a way where no one could ever calm me down again.”
Boston University responds
A spokesman for Boston University said Weekly US that the school maintains a “zero tolerance policy for sexual harassment.”
“We have a robust system of resources, support and staff dedicated to student wellbeing and a thorough reporting process through our Equal Opportunities Office,” read the statement.
The Boston University representative added that part of the organisation’s zero tolerance included encouraging “members of (its) community to report any concerns, and (the school) remains committed to fostering a Safe Campus environment for all.”
If you or someone you know have sexually assaulted you, please contact the National Sexual Assault Wire at 1-800-656-Hope (4673).
