OAN Staff James Meyers
8:26am – Friday, February 7th, 2025
The three former University of Pennsylvania female swimmers claim to be suffering from emotional trauma as they have transgender swimmer Leah Thomas as their teammate.
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Three alumni, Grace Estabrook, Margot Kakorowski and Ellen Holmquist, filed the lawsuit Tuesday a day before President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning women from playing in sports. .
The three girls allege that the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, the NCAA and Ivy League Council abused, harassed and violated federal law after allowing Thomas to compete with them on a team. Fox News.
Additionally, the lawsuit also calls for the erasure of Thomas' swimming records as a whole Ivy League in the hopes of receiving a declaration that trans athletes are not eligible to compete.
“The UPENN administrator told women that if women struggle to accept Thomas' participation in UPENN's women's team, they should seek counseling and support from CAPS and the LBGTQ Centre,” the lawsuit alleges. It's doing it.
Three female swimmers alleged in their lawsuit that they were “repeatedly emotionally hurt” because Thomas, a violation of Title IX, is allowed to compete with them.
The lawsuit also alleges that school officials forced women to ideology for their parents while Thomas was on the team.
The administrator is said to have invited three swimmers to a lecture entitled “Trans 101.” Teachers thought the team had “trans identifying men,” psychological issues, and the need to meet counselors.
However, the three Upenn Swimmers claimed they were warned about speaking out against Thomas. Otherwise they will be labeled as Transfobe and finding work after college can be a struggle.
The lawsuit also argues that authorities created an atmosphere of threats that force young women to not recognize biology.
Thomas was not listed as the defendant in the filing.
Adding Thomas as a member to the women's team puts swimmer opportunities, privacy and safety at risk, the lawsuit alleges.
After competing on the Upenn Men's Swimming and Diving team from 2017 to 2020, Thomas was introduced to the women's team in 2019 as her upcoming teammate.
Thomas first came in 500, 200 and 100 yards freestyle races to set the pool and Ivy League records.
Additionally, Thomas broke multiple women's records at the 2022 Ivy League Championship Meeting hosted by Harvard University.
According to National News Deskthe lawsuit asks the judge to declare that Thomas is not entitled to compete in women's races and delete the record.
The swimmers accused school administrators NCAA and the Ivy League of coordinating together, and Thomas was deemed eligible to compete in the women's team for the 2021-2022 season.
Initially, the woman was reportedly guaranteed not to share a locker room with her new teammates, but the university changed its policy to allow Thomas to change with them.
“When Upenn female swimmers return to school in the fall of 2021, they are allowed Thomas to use Upenn women's locker rooms and will be using women's locker rooms at swimming competitions. I was shocked to be allowed,” the lawsuit alleges.
“Margot [Kaczorowski] Thomas learned that he was allowed to walk through the women's locker room and find Thomas in front of changing clothes, walking through the women's locker room “The suit added.
Kaczorowski is said to have confronted Director Mike Schnoor after the locker room incident.
“I know it's wrong, but there's nothing I can do,” Chenour reportedly said, according to the outlet.
Meanwhile, this week Trump's newly signed executive order is putting pressure on schools to follow orders or risking losing federal funds.
“If a man takes over a female sports team or breaks into a locker room, he will be investigated for a Title IX violation and risks federal funding,” Trump said.
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