Alex Cooper revealed she was sexually harassed by her faculty soccer coach in her new documentary, “Call Her Alex,” then informed a Tribeca Competition viewers Sunday that it “changed my life forever.”
The “Call Her Daddy” podcast star fielded a Q&A session after the Hulu docuseries about her premiered, leaving spectators gasping when she made the gorgeous declare, Deadline wrote. She stated whereas on stage that she had waited a number of years to go public as a result of it was tough to reopen the wound.
Cooper alleged in “Call Her Alex” that her then-coach at Boston College, Nancy Feldman, made feedback about her physique, continually tried to be alone together with her, requested her sexual questions, and made unwelcome efforts to the touch her thigh, a number of retailers reported. Cooper claimed that makes an attempt to distance herself from Feldman resulted in much less taking part in time.
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Legal professionals warned Cooper and her dad and mom that the college would “drag out” a criticism for years, and the college didn’t reply to documentation of Feldman’s misconduct, Cooper stated, per reviews.
Cooper performed for Boston College from 2013 to 2015. Feldman retired in 2022.
Cooper returned to campus for the filming of the documentary.
“The minute I stepped back on that field, I felt so small,” Cooper stated as she broke into tears throughout the Q&A and received a roaring ovation of assist. “I 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. 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.”
Cooper as soon as credited the still-undisclosed trauma for guiding her into podcasting, the place she averages thousands and thousands of listeners per episode. She additionally joined NBC for its protection of the Paris Olympics final summer time.
HuffPost has reached out to Boston College for remark and left a message at a purported quantity for Feldman.
The “Call Me Alex” docuseries premieres on Hulu June 10.
