Trans volleyball player Blaire Fleming hits back at claim about female teammates eating disorder

Transgender college volleyball player Blaire Fleming has hit back at claims that she triggered her teammate’s eating disorder due to emotional distress — and said that she doesn’t “feel bad for her.”Fleming, 23, was at the center of a scandal last year involving Brooke Slusser, who filed multiple lawsuits against her San Jose State University (SJSU) teammate after discovering that she was transgender.Slusser alleged that the panic and stress from that period of her life led her to develop an eating disorder, leading to anorexia so severe that her menstrual cycle stopped for nine months.The pair had previously shared hotel rooms and changing spaces for a whole season in 2023 before Slusser said she found out that Fleming, who is biologically male but reportedly started medically transitioning at 14, was trans.“From the stress and how anxious I was every single day, I just wasn’t eating really at all,” Slusser told Fox News Digital last week.“I went from around 160 to 128 [lbs] in that one semester.It definitely isn’t healthy for someone of my size to be that weight, and I ended up losing my menstrual cycle for nine months.

So it was definitely severe,” she said.Slusser later dropped her classes in the final semester this past spring, citing constant in-person harassment by students who opposed her stance.Fleming has since responded, claiming that Slusser’s eating disorder dated back for as long as she knew her, prior to her learning that she was trans.“She’s been anorexic and struggled with food since I’ve known her aka since 2023.She literally would weigh herself 2-3x a day and keep track of it on her whiteboard in her room,” Fleming told Fox News Digital on Sunday.“So I really don’t care or feel bad for her.

And she didn’t drop her classes, she failed out, hope that helps!” Fleming said.Slusser has now come back and disputed Fleming’s allegations.“These statements are just not true.I have always lived a very health...