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A White House spokesperson provided an exclusive declaration concerning the recent digital reports of PK Press Club on a third survey on allegations of misconduct against the former volleyball player in San Jose State, Blaire Fleming.
PK Press Club Digital reported on Tuesday that the Mountain West Conference had hired the firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher (WFG) to investigate allegations against Fleming of a plot with an opponent so that his teammate Brooke Slusser injured in a match on October 3. The Mountain West hired this company to manage the survey during the same month as the same company represented the conference to protect Fleming’s eligibility in a preliminary injunction request so that the trans disqualified athlete of female competition.
The WFG lawyer who conducted the investigation into allegations against Fleming, Tim Heaphy, then proposed to the school’s legal advisor to help him sail in a federal investigation into title IX on the same situation, as shown by the public archives obtained by PK Press Club Digital.
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Police at the State University of Colorado behind the bench of the State University of San Jose Monitor Moby Arena in a female volleyball match of the NCAA Mountain West in Fort Collins, Colorado, on October 03, 2024. (Santiago Mejia / San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)
President Donald Trump’s administration launched the investigation into title IX on SJSU in February, and he previously referred to the situation during the 2024 volleyball season during the campaign for the November elections. Now his White House has weighed on recent developments reported by PK Press Club Digital.
“President Trump is determined to end the dangerous and unfair participation of men in women’s sports and restoring common sense. President Trump will continue to express themselves and take immediate measures against schools that compromise the safety of female athletes,” said White House spokesman Liz Huston.
PK Press Club Digital contacted the San Jose State University and the Mountain West for a response to the White House declaration.
Heaphy was previously the chief investigation councilor of the restricted committee of the House of Representatives to investigate the demonstrations of the Capitol on January 6.
WFG is also the law firm who employs Doug Emhoff, the husband of former vice-president Kamala Harris, the 2024 Democratic presidential candidate. Emhoff joined the cabinet in January, shortly after Trump was sworn.
WFG concluded an agreement in April to provide a value of $ 100 million in Legal Services to the Trump administration, such as support for veterans and the fight against anti -Semitism, according to several reports.
The company’s legal battle to keep the Athlete Trans in the women’s tournament succeeded, as a federal judge Kato Crews, appointed by President Joe Biden in January 2024, ruled in favor Fleming’s eligibility on November 25.
Two days later, after a failed call from the complainants, the cabinet published an online press release announcing legal victory to keep Fleming eligible to play.
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Brooke Slusser and Balaire Fleming of the San Jose State Spartans call a piece against the Falcons of the Air Force on October 19, 2024, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Andrew Wevers / Getty Images)
But this web page has since been deleted. PK Press Club Digital asked why the page no longer exists, but Willkie Farr and Gallagher did not respond to the survey.
Archived data Watch the original press release declaring: “Willkie won a high -level victory for the college athletics conference of the Mountain West conference in a costume brought by members of the San Jose State Volleyball Team and other Mountain West teams who played against SJSU.”
PK Press Club Digital contacted WFG for more comments.
The former swimmer of the University of Kentucky and Outkick host, Riley Gaines, who engages in a trial against the NCAA for his previous eligibility policies between the sexes which allowed organic men in female sports, addressed the developments of a post X on Tuesday.
The Office of Civil Rights of the US Ministry of Education conducts the Federal Survey in Title IX on the management of the Fleming situation by the State of San Jose.
The president of Cynthia Teniente-Matson University previously made a statement to PK Press Club Digital saying that the University was ready to cooperate in the investigation.
“The San José State University undertakes to ensure that all our students, including our students athletes, are treated fairly, without discrimination and offered the rights and protections granted under the federal and state law, including rights to protect protection.
“We follow the policies and regulations set out by the California State University system and the applicable law, and we recognize that, sometimes these laws and policies can meet in a complex way. By sailing on these executives, our objective remains on the maintenance of our responsibilities while supporting our students.
Balaire Fleming of the Spartans of the State of San Jose against the Falcons of the Air Force on October 19, 2024 in Colorado Springs. (Andrew Wevers / Getty Images)
“Recently, we have been informed that the United States Ministry of Education launched an investigation directed in title IX in the light of President Trump’s decree with regard to the participation of athletics. As with any federal survey, we will fully engage in the process, follow the established procedures and remain transparent in our compliance with all applicable laws.
“While we join the 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 objective remains on our values, including the promotion of an environment which cultivates compassion, where each student has the possibility of prospering. We remain firmly in our role as a place of learning, respect for all.”
Heaphy contacted the Council of the State University of San Jose, Dustin May on February 6 after the administration of Trump launched the SJSU Survey On the situation of Fleming.
“I saw an ESPN report according to which the Ministry of Education opened an investigation into the San Jose State University concerning the participation of a Transgenre volleyball player. I know these facts of my work for you and the Mountain West conference last fall,” Heaphy wrote in May in an email on February 6, as in the public archives obtained by PK Press Club Digital.
“I also do a lot of work on OCR surveys with the Department of ED – including a major resolution of a title VI case that I recently resolved with this office for the University of Washington. If you are looking for an external lawyer to engage with the department on this subject, I would be happy to help you.”
May responded on February 18, refusing Heaphy’s offer.
Heaphy replied the next day, writing: “Please let me know if we can help any way on this problem or on others.”
PK Press Club Digital previously contacted the Mountain West, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, the San Jose State University and its volleyball coach Todd Kress concerning his previous conclusions. No response was provided by these parties.
The May’s office initially responded to the PK Press Club Digital comments after providing public files, requesting a list of questions and basic information before talking. PK Press Club Digital did not provide the information or the list of comments and requested a virtual or telephone interview.
The May’s office then replied by the declaration: “Any speculation that the company or the lawyer mentioned in your survey represented SJSU or the CSU is unfounded.” PK Press Club Digital had not asked this question or any other stipulation, only a request for interview, at that time.
PK Press Club Digital then followed the May’s office requesting an interview to answer other questions and made the request of his office to provide general information about what would be discussed.
The May’s office replied by saying: “It will not be available” and did not respond to the request for additional comments.
