Outrageous behavior of trans volleyball player Blaire Fleming revealed in new lawsuit filed by coach

A transgender college volleyball player has been accused by her own coach of conspiring with a rival to hurt her teammate and throw a match.

Blaire Fleming, a senior at San Jose State University, planned an attack against her teams co-captain Brooke Slusser, for opposing her inclusion in the womens team, according to their associate coach Melissa Batie-Smoose.

Batie-Smoose filed a Title IX Complaint this week claiming school officials have shown favoritism towards Fleming at the expense of Fleming’s 18 female teammates, as reported by Quillette. 

The complaint says Fleming had a meeting with Colorado State Universitys Malaya Jones, 21, before an October 3 match in Fort Collins.

Batie-Smoose alleges the pair engineered a plan to leave the center of the court open that Jones could target Slusser with powerful spikes, or kills.

She is said to have done so after Slusser said it was unfair and unsafe to be forced to play alongside a powerfully-built transgender teammate.  

Batie-Smoose did not learn about the plan until a day later, but explained that she suspected something was off during the match, as Fleming continued to allow an  unhindered hitting lane for Jones to target Slusser.

Blaire Fleming, a senior at San Jose State University, allegedly planned an attack against co-captain Brooke Slusser, who has opposed her inclusion in the womens team

San Jose State University Womens Volleyball is pictured. Fleming is on the front, far left

At one point, Batie-Smoose claims, Blaire sent an over pass, perfectly setting up Malaya to kill the ball again in the direction of Brooke Slusser, after [which] Jones blew a kiss toward Fleming and mouthed "thank you."

Coach Melissa Batie-Smoose filed a Title IX Complaint this week claiming school officials have shown favoritism towards Fleming

Slussers roommate had reportedly received a social media threat earlier that day that read: distance yourself from [B]rooke tomorrow at the game, it will not be good for her. 

Batie-Smoose claimed that when she later asked head coach Todd Kress if anything would be done about the matter, he said its out of my hands. 

She and Slusser have publicly said that while Flemings athleticism has provided record wins for the Spartans, her inclusion and the official response to it has alienated team members who no longer enjoy the sport.

Despite concerns about the fairness Flemings inclusion in the team, head coach Kress allegedly said that Assistant Director of Student Wellness Laura Alexander told him that anyone opposed to Flemings inclusion in the womens team should leave the school and seek therapy.

Batie-Smoose says Kress has allowed Fleming to break dress code and scheduling rules that other teammates have to follow. 

Slusser has publicly spoken about how Flemings inclusion has affected the team

The complaint says Fleming had a meeting with Colorado State Universitys Malaya Jones, pictured, before an October 3 match in Fort Collins to engineer a plan to leave the center of the court open that Jones could target Slusser with powerful spikes

Kress also reportedly regularly tells the players that excluding trans-identified players such as Fleming should be seen as morally tantamount to homophobia and anti-black racism.

In some cases Kress allegedly suggests Flemings opponents are betraying trans rights and the entire LGBTQ community.

According to the veteran coach, Kress even pushed out a promising student who was competing for Flemings position by demanding far stricter standards. That student was on a scholarship and had to leave the program and school. 

Fleming reportedly did not begin identifying as transgender with her teammates until April 2024. 

However, Batie-Smoose said she suspected Fleming was not biologically female because of her immense raw physical power.

Head coach Todd Kress reportedly regularly tells the players that excluding trans-identified players such as Fleming should be seen as morally tantamount to homophobia and anti-black racism

Assistant Director of Student Wellness Laura Alexander reportedly said that anyone opposed to Flemings inclusion in the womens team should leave the school and seek therapy

Fleming, who stands 6-foot-1, currently ranks third in the Mountain West in kills and second in overall points. 

The coach said, what stood out was spiking the [ball] and blocking on the front row, due to Fleming’s leaping ability and hitting power, which far exceeded that of any player in the [Mountain West] Conference.

As the volleyball community began discussing Fleming, Batie-Smoose says that her teammates were repeatedly instructed that this was Blaire’s story to tell and Blaire’s story alone. Critics of Fleming say her supporters have tried to smother concerns and condemnation with accusations of bigotry. 

Batie-Smoose argued that the repeated instructions by SJSU administrators not to speak about Blaire Fleming caused student-athletes on the team to fear that they could lose their scholarships or be removed from the team if they spoke outside of a team meeting about Fleming’s sex.

The coach says her concern grew as she realized Flemings inclusion in the team could be dangerous to other players.  She was particularly worried after Fleming blasted a kill shot off the head of an opponent from the University of Delaware.

It was clear to me that the [University of Delaware player] was very athletic and skilled, but simply had no chance to protect herself from the spike, Batie-Smoose said. 

Fleming, who stands 6-foot-1, currently ranks third in the Mountain West in kills and second in overall points

Batie-Smoose added that many of Flemings own teammates now turn away during practice matches, as theyre afraid of Flemings power. She said this fear response is virtually unheard of in women’s volleyball.

SJSU told DailyMail.com on Friday that it takes all reports and complaints seriously and is reviewing them.

Due to federal and state privacy laws, the University is not able to comment on active reports or complaints, the statement added, claiming the University also has concerns about a number of inaccuracies in the [Quillette] article but is not able to comment further on those in light of those privacy laws.

In addition, the University has significant concerns about apparent breaches of student and employee privacy and will be addressing those, as appropriate.

Fleming, who is in her third season on the roster, is currently at the center of a class-action lawsuit filed against the NCAA.

The sporting body is being accused by more than a dozen female athletes including Slusser of knowingly violating a law that prohibits sex-based discrimination by allowing them to compete in womens sports. 

Amid the controversy over their inclusion, Southern Utah, Boise State, Wyoming, Utah State and Nevada have all opted to forfeit games against San Jose State. 

The case went viral after a video last month showed Fleming sending a ferocious spike off an opponents face.