School says Riley Gaines protest ‘peaceful’ regardless of swimmer being assaulted, held for ransom

San Francisco State University known as Thursday’s protests of former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines on its campus “peaceful” — at some point after the swimmer mentioned that she was bodily assaulted by a person in ladies’s clothes on the occasion.

Jamillah Moore, SFSU’s vp for Student Affairs & Enrollment Management, emailed a press release Saturday to the college group that didn’t handle any of Ms. Gaines’ accusations of violence.

The former swimmer was on campus to discuss why ladies’s sports ought to be restricted to organic ladies.

“Thank you to our students who participated peacefully in Thursday evening’s event. It took tremendous bravery to stand in a challenging space. I am proud of the moments where we listened and asked insightful questions,” Ms. Moore wrote within the assertion.

“I am also proud of the moments when our students demonstrated the value of free speech and the right to protest peacefully. These issues do not go away, and these values are very much at our core,” she mentioned.

Ms. Gaines shot again at SFSU’s assertion late Saturday night time over Twitter.

“I’m sorry did this just say PEACEFUL,” she requested.

“I was assaulted. I was extorted and held for [ransom]. The protestors demanded I pay them if I wanted to make it home safely. I missed my flight home because I was barricaded in a classroom,” the previous swimmer for the University of Kentucky wrote.

“We must have different definitions of peaceful,” she mentioned dryly.

The prisoners are operating the asylum at SFSU…I used to be ambushed and bodily hit twice by a person. This is proof that girls want sex-protected areas.

Still solely additional assures me I’m doing one thing proper. When they need you silent, converse louder.  pic.twitter.com/uJW3x9RERf

— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) April 7, 2023

Ms. Gaines required a police escort to depart campus after the occasion, which is when she mentioned she was “ambushed and physically hit twice by a man,” in line with her personal assertion Friday.

The swimmer additionally mentioned she needed to barricade herself in a room for 3 hours after her speech as a result of mob that was chasing her.

Videos of the scene confirmed protesters shouting “trans women are women” and “trans rights are human rights.”

In one other video, a protester will be heard saying “Tell her to pay us. Tell her to pay us and she can go. Ten bucks each.”

SFSU mentioned in a press release that the University Police Department didn’t detain any protesters. The incident remains to be being investigated.

Ms. Gaines first started talking about this subject when she raced towards Lia Thomas, who was on the University of Pennsylvania’s males swimming staff earlier than transitioning and competing within the ladies’s division.