The College of Florida has reportedly been hit with a Title IX grievance during which an unknown variety of ladies have accused head males’s basketball coach Todd Golden of sexual harassment and stalking them.
The college’s scholar newspaper says the varsity had been hit with the grievance on Sept. 27, and the alleged incidents had been aimed toward college students on the college.
Golden is alleged to have adopted college students on foot and in his automotive, whereas additionally sending messages on social media, sending footage and movies of his personal elements and asking for sexual favors.
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Head coach Todd Golden of the Florida Gators appears on after a sport towards the South Florida Bulls at VyStar Veterans Memorial Enviornment on November 4, 2024, in Jacksonville, Florida. (James Gilbert/Getty Pictures)
“At first, it begins off gradual, like, ‘Oh, wow. That’s odd. This man is exhibiting us consideration,’” one lady stated to the paper. “After which it turns into, ‘Wow, he’s form of crossing a line. No, he didn’t imply it that approach.’ Then it’s, ‘Wait, he’s absolutely stepping over that line.’ After which it’s, ‘Wow, there’s an image of his d–k.’ It was a full grooming course of with all of us.”
“He would go at such lengths about it,” the lady added. “He would return, like a 12 months again, and like ten photographs without delay. Then, clearly, [he] adopted up with a DM, all the time in vanish mode. . . . Simply actually aggressive Instagram stalking is the easiest way to place it.”
“He simply had this manipulation tactic over everybody,” one other lady stated. “And he despatched us all the identical s–t. It was copy-paste to each lady.”
Head coach Todd Golden of the Florida Gators reacts in the course of the second half of a sport towards the Auburn Tigers on the Stephen C. O’Connell Heart on February 10, 2024, in Gainesville, Florida. (James Gilbert/Getty Pictures)
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In a request for remark, a college spokesperson stated the varsity “can’t touch upon or verify any Title IX inquiries, complaints, or investigations” “in an effort to adjust to federal regulation.”
Each ladies who spoke to the paper say that members of the college had been complicit and conscious of Golden’s habits, whereas additionally saying there’s a tradition of sexual harassment inside the teaching employees.
“I feel it’s only a sick f—ing joke that they’re all doing, inside that group, all of the coaches,” one of many alleged victims stated. “They most likely get off by exhibiting one another the photographs. . . . There’s one thing f—ing sick occurring there.”
Florida Gators head coach Todd Golden appears on towards the Jacksonville Dolphins in the course of the second half at Exactech Enviornment on the Stephen C. O’Connell Heart. (Matt Pendleton-Imagn Pictures)
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The Gators, ranked twenty first within the AP polls, have received every of their first two video games of the season. Golden joined Florida in 2022 after teaching San Francisco the earlier three seasons.
The Gators misplaced within the first spherical of the NCAA Event final season to Colorado.
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