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Former San Jose State University volleyball star Brooke Slusser has been banned from TikTok after posting several videos in which she discusses her alleged experience sharing a team and apartment with a transgender teammate.
“I’m pretty angry about it,” Slusser told Pak Gazette Digital.
Slusser’s account disappeared from the platform and he provided screenshots to Pak Gazette Digital showing notification of his banishment and a failed appeal. The notices cite violations of “community guidelines.”
“We ask that all users follow our Community Standards to help us maintain a safe and respectful TikTok community,” the notice said.
Brooke Slusser Banned From TikTok After Posting Videos About SJSU Volleyball Scandal (Courtesy of Brooke Slusser)
Brooke Slusser was banned from TikTok (Courtesy of Brooke Slusser)
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Pak Gazette Digital has reached out to TikTok for comment.
TikTok previously banned activist sportswear brand XX-XY Athletics, with which Slusser is contracted, after it posted a promotional video advocating for the protection of women’s and girls’ sports from biological trans male athletes.
TikTok was previously owned by Chinese company ByteDance, before closing a $14 billion deal to move its U.S. operations to a new entity, TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, to avoid a federal ban. However, ByteDance still owns about 20% of the company.
Slusser has been the subject of a viral left-wing hate campaign on TikTok and X over the past week after he began speaking out about his alleged experience at SJSU. Its content began publishing after the university and the California State University (CSU) system filed a lawsuit against the federal government to challenge a Department of Education investigation that found SJSU violated Title IX in its handling of a transgender volleyball player.
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“You realize you’re just relaxing in bed with a man you have no idea about… [was] unknowingly sharing a bed at the time with a man,” Slusser said in the interview, also alleging that SJSU volleyball coach Todd Kress encouraged her to live in the same apartment as the trans teammate when another group of players were also looking for a final tenant.
The fallout from the interview has led high-profile activists, lawmakers and even an actor to speak out, taking sides for or against Slusser.
A coalition of “save women’s sports” activists rushed to Slusser’s defense, with OutKick host Riley Gaines, XX-XY Athletics founder Jennifer Sey, Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, women’s tennis legend Martina Navratilova and former ESPN star Sage Steele leading the charge to defend Slusser from pro-trans detractors.
“I would just say that people who don’t know my life or my trauma don’t have room to say how good or bad my time at SJSU was. I hope they never have to understand going through something as horrible as that,” Slusser previously told Pak Gazette Digital about the reaction.
TRUMP ADMIN RESPONDS AFTER SJSU SUES TO CHALLENGE TITLE IX INVESTIGATION INTO TRANSGENDER VOLLEYBALL SCANDAL
After the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced in late January that an investigation into the university over its handling of a trans athlete and other players concluded that the school was in violation of Title IX., SJSU and the California State University (CSU) system refused to resolve the violation.
Instead, SJSU President Cynthia Teniente-Matson announced Friday that the school and the CSU system are suing the federal government to challenge the investigation.
“Because we believe OCR’s findings are not based on fact or law, SJSU and CSU today filed a lawsuit against the federal government to challenge those findings and prevent the federal government from taking punitive action against the university, including the potential withholding of critical federal funds,” Lieutenant-Matson said Friday.
“This is not a step we take lightly. However, we have a responsibility to uphold the integrity of our institution and the rule of law, while ensuring that every member of our community is treated fairly and in accordance with the law. Our position is simple: we have followed the law and cannot be punished for doing so.”
The school also requests that OCR vacate its findings and close its investigation.
Lieutenant-Matson affirmed in the announcement the university’s commitment to advocating for the LGBTQ community.
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“Our support for LGBTQ members of our community, who have experienced threats and harm in recent years, remains unwavering. We know that the attention the university has received around this issue and the investigative process that followed has been disturbing to many in our community,” the university president said.
Among the Department of Education’s findings, it was determined that an athlete discovered that the trans student allegedly conspired to have a member of an opposing team punch her in the face during a game. The department states that “SJSU did not investigate the conspiracy, but later subjected the athlete to a Title IX complaint for ‘misgendering’ the male athlete in videos and online interviews.”
