Podcast big Alex Cooper, a high soccer participant in highschool who went to Boston University on a full scholarship, described what she claimed was three years of escalating sexual harassment by her coach there, Nancy Feldman, that she mentioned ended along with her being kicked off the crew senior yr.
The allegations got here to audible gasps within the viewers on the finish half 1 of a brand new Hulu documentary sequence Call Her Alex, which simply premiered on the Tribeca Festival. In a Q&A after, Cooper mentioned it took her ten years to return ahead, largely due to the documentary, a behind the scenes take a look at the primary dwell present of her hit podcast Call Her Daddy. The first leg of was in Boston. Director Ry Russo-Young requested her to stroll out on the BU soccer subject and mirror on what it meant to her.
“And the minute I stepped back on the field, I felt so small. I felt just felt like I was 18 years old again. And I was in a situation with someone in a position of power who abused their power. And I felt like I wasn’t the Call Her Daddy girl. I wasn’t someone who had money and influence or whatever it be. I was just another woman who experienced harassment on a level that changed my life forever and took away the thing I loved the most,” she mentioned throughout a Q&A.
She selected to go public to assist herself heal and since she claims it’s nonetheless a difficulty on the school.
Feldman retired in 2022. University officers who Cooper claims dismissed her allegations are nonetheless there, she mentioned.
Deadline has reached out to Boston University for remark.
“During the filming of this documentary, I found out that the harassment and abuse of power is still happening on the campus of Boston University, and I spoke to one of the victims, and hearing her story was horrific, and I knew in that moment, if I don’t speak about this. It’s going to continue happening,” Cooper claimed.
“I’m thinking about the amount of women who’ve probably experienced this, not just on that campus, but on a larger scale in the workplace. This isn’t just happening on college campuses for soccer. This is everywhere. This is systemic. And so I knew it was time to speak about it, and I was terrified, and I’m still terrified. I’m shaking. I feel like I’m a decent public speaker at this point, but I’m scared,” Cooper mentioned.
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