Dem darling trans track star at center of SCOTUS case accused of sexual threat against girl in locker room

A West Virginia trans-identified male athlete at the center of a case that will be before the Supreme Court in January has been accused of sexually harassing girls in the locker room and using "intimidation tactics." Over 130 Congressional Democrats have signed onto an amicus brief supporting the transgender athlete in the case against West Virginia's law blocking males from women's sports.

The mother of Adaleia Cross, who was on Bridgeport Middle School’s track team with the transgender athlete, told Fox News, "When Adaleia first told us, she told us that [the trans athlete] was telling her and other girls ‘suck my d*ck. [The trans athlete] was saying to her, coming up and saying to her, ‘I’m going to stick my d*ck in your p*ssy and also in your *ss.’ At different times [the trans athlete] was saying these things to her," Abbey Cross, Adaleia's mother said. 

The comments were made to Adaleia Cross when she shared a locker room with the athlete during the 2022-23 school year. Cross was a grade above than the athlete and moved to high school the following year. However, Cross says she quit the high school track and field team as a sophomore last year to avoid once again sharing a locker room with the student. 

The Cross family said that nothing was done, to their knowledge, to reprimand the transgender athlete when the family reported the incident to the school. Adaleia said, "They told me they would do a full investigation into what I told them. And then, all of a sudden, it was like nothing else was happening, it was done, and it seemed like they thought nothing of it because they didn't talk to us about it at all, they just left it there and didn't tell us anything else, so it just made it seemed like, yup it's done."

The ACLU said in response to the Cross family’s allegations, "Our client and her mother deny these allegations and the school district investigated the allegations reported to the school by A.C. and found them to be unsubstantiated. We remain committed to defending the rights of all students under Title IX, including the right to a safe and inclusive learning environment free from harassment and discrimination."

An attorney with Alliance Defending Freedom, which is representing the Cross family, responded, "Our client has sworn under oath and under penalty of perjury in numerous cases about the events that took place between her and the male athlete. As a result of the situation, [Cross] had to step away from the sport she loved entirely and sacrifice a key element of her school experience to protect herself."

Cross said of the alleged incident, "I was told that he was a girl and that was what was normal. So I tried not to think about it for a while. I just, I knew I was uncomfortable, but I just tried to push it out of memory because I thought I had to deal with it. I felt like I couldn't talk about it because I was told it was normal, I didn't know how to process my feelings about it." The severity of the incidents settled in as time went on, Cross said. "I was like ‘Oh my Gosh, this isn’t okay' and I was upset all over again, and it eventually turned into extreme anger."

Emmy Salerno, a former Lincoln Middle School track and field team member, alleged that the transgender athlete had used "intimidation tactics" against her in the 2024 spring season after Salerno refused to compete against the transgender athlete. Salerno and four other girls refused to compete in the girls’ shot put against the transgender athlete in an April 2024 meet. 

"After we stepped out, it was an immediate personality change. He didn't want to talk to me. He just wanted to stare at me, and just stare down," Salerno told Fox News. She also gave the outlet a screenshot of a post that was allegedly made by the transgender athlete, which showed a photo of Salerno with the caption, "Reminder that she has more testosterone than me."

The behavior against Salerno allegedly continued at a local basketball game, with the athlete making intimidating stares. She was concerned that the transgender individual would try to "fight" her. "At the basketball game when he just followed me everywhere, I kind of felt like, ‘Is he gonna try to fight me? Is he going to try and sneak up behind me and punch me?’"