"I was told just to be safe and not be in a room alone with him when my parents found out about it ...I didn't know all of the information, so it was kind of scary when I was concerned when everyone was telling me, 'We're not gonna tell you everything that happened 'cause we don't wanna scare you, but we're telling you from here on out, you are not allowed to be alone in a room with Todd Kress,'" Slusser told Fox News Digital on Friday.Fox News Digital reported Tuesday that in October 2024, SJSU was sent a letter by one of Kress's former players that included allegations he attacked her in a team hotel room in 1998.SJSU WAS TOLD OF DECADES-OLD ALLEGATIONS AGAINST VOLLEYBALL COACH DURING CONTROVERSIAL 2024 SEASONThe letter's contents included the allegations that Kress "forcibly threw me on the bed" then "pulled his pants down and put his back side in my face," and then "picked me up, and threw me into the bathtub where he held me down and threatened to turn on the shower with me laying there."Slusser alleged that the school never informed her or other players of the allegations in the letter."The school gave us absolutely zero information.
This was never brought up once.I think anyone would remember that.
And even when the article had come out, I had a bunch of old teammates texting me asking me if this was true, if I knew anything else, those types of things.So they never brought this up once to anyone," Slusser said, adding that since the article came out Tuesday, her former teammates have reached out to her to share they also were never told by the school.Slusser said that during the 2024 season, rumors of Kress's alleged past actions eventually reached her parents' ears.
She said they advised her to bring former SJSU assistant coach Melissa Batie-Smoose or a teammate when she entered a room with Kress."So basically, my parents just told me from there on, like, 'Take Melissa with you if he drags you into a meeting,' like he was doing every single day, or, 'Tak...