Voditeljica podcasta Alex Cooper otkrila da je trenerica seksualno zlostavljala: Bila sam nemoćna

U dvodijelnom dokumentarcu "Call Her Daddy" koji je premijerno prikazan na festivalu Tribeca, a zatim emitovan na Huluu, Cooper govori da je Feldman komentarisala njeno tijelo i seksualni život, ponašala se kontrolirajuće i fizički je neprimjereno dodirivala.

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Since my documentary has been released it has become public that I was sexually harassed for three years by Nancy Feldman, my college soccer coach at Boston University. Nancy Feldman was someone I trusted. Someone I believed in. Someone who was supposed to help me grow. Someone who was supposed to protect me. But instead she made my life a living hell and abused her power over me. She stripped me of my identity and took away what I had worked my entire life for because she didn’t control herself. This defined my life for a decade and impacted her life 0%. I reported the abuse to the athletic director, Drew Marachello, and I was turned away and ignored. There was no accountability, no investigation, and no justice. So when I found out the harassment and abuse was STILL happening on that campus today - 10 years later by Nancy Feldman’s successor and my former assistant coach, I knew I needed to share my story. This is no longer just about me, this is systemic. When this initially happened to me I felt like I had no voice. But that is no longer the case. Now I’m coming for all of you who abused your power over innocent young individuals. Nancy Feldman, you will no longer be able to hide in the shadows and get away unscathed from the calculated pain you caused me and so many other women. To anyone who has also experienced what I have and been ignored… I am with you and this is DAY ONE of changing the system, flipping the script and finding justice. We will no longer be silenced. I’m ready to bulldoze through every fucking door for all of you out there. Because when I was 18 years old, dismissed and ignored by Boston University, I prayed and wished someone with a voice would have held my hand and helped me through the darkest time in my life. Daddy Gang, I got you. Stay tuned❤️

♬ original sound - Alexandra Cooper

"Nancy Feldman je bila osoba kojoj sam vjerovala. Osoba za koju sam vjerovala da će mi pomoći da rastem. Osoba koja me trebala štitit. Umjesto toga, napravila mi je pakao od žviota i zloupotrijebila moć nada mnom", napisala je Cooper u objavi na Instagramu.

"Univerzitet ima politiku nulte tolerancije na seksualno uznemiravanje. Imamo razvijen sistem podrške, izvještavanja i osobolja posvećenog dobrobiti studenata".

U intervjuu za Boston Globe, Cooper je navela da je trenerica nakon što su neke saigračice oboljele od mononukleoze, jedinu pozvala u ured i pitala s kim je bila. Ona tvrdi da se tada obratila pomoćnoj trenerici Caasey Bromwn za pomoć, ali nije dobila podršku. Brown je u izjavi za medije rekla da se tog događaja ne sjeća, ali tvrdi da nikada ne bi ignorisala igračicu koja joj se obrati. Dokumentarac je prije svega treba prikazati trenutke iza scene njene Unwell turneje iz 2023. godine, ali je posjeta univerzitetskom stadionu pokrenuo lavinu emocija.

"U trenutku kada sam kročila na teren, osjetila sam se malenom. Kao da mi je opet 18 godina, potpuno nemoćna, bez glasa", kazala je Cooper u posebnoj epizodi podcasta nazvanoj "My College Soccer Trauma".

Ona ističe da je sve kulminiralo kada je saznala da i druge žene imaju slična iskustva s Feldman.

"Ako se i ja kao žena s moći i platformom, bojim govoriti o svom iskustvu seksualnog uznemiravanja, kako će se onda bilo koja druga žena osjećati sigurno da istupi", poručila je.

Feldman je otišla u penziju 2022. godine, ali Cooper tvrdi da se zlostavljanje nastavilo i od strane njene nasljednice. Osim optužbi, podcast donosi priču i o Cooperinom usponu do statusa jedne od najutjecajnijih svjetskih podcasterica. U dokumentarcu se pojavljuju Sofia Franklyn, Matt Kaplan, producentica Lauren McMullen i Dave Portnoy.