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Behind the Aegis

(54,852 posts)
Wed Aug 24, 2022, 03:52 PM Aug 2022

Coach has shocking response to football player's reports of extreme homophobic abuse by teammate

A former college football player says he was harassed and brutally attacked by a teammate who thought he was gay, and that the team’s coaches not allowed the abuse to continue, but gave him the worst advice imaginable.

In a federal lawsuit, John Haynes describes the intensely homophobic environment he endured while playing at Troy University in Alabama. He alleges that fellow player Jack Dawson, with whom he also shared a living suite, tormented him during their time as teammates.

Dawson’s list of alleged abuses is harrowing — it includes verbal assaults, physical beatings, and forced sodomy. He’s now facing multiple counts of assault after turning himself into authorities Monday.

The attacks allegedly occurred during the fall of 2020. In one horrifying encounter, Dawson allegedly sodomized Hayes with a pool cue and left him bleeding on the floor. The suit describes another instance in which Dawson allegedly punched Hayes seven times in the face, resulting in a broken nose.

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Coach has shocking response to football player's reports of extreme homophobic abuse by teammate (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Aug 2022 OP
Toxic environment yankee87 Aug 2022 #1
The link provides truly disturbing information Haggis 4 Breakfast Aug 2022 #2

yankee87

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1. Toxic environment
Wed Aug 24, 2022, 04:07 PM
Aug 2022

Between football and Alabama, you could not get a more toxic environment for acceptance oh homophobia, I am so sorry for what happened and my heart goes out to the family. I hope he wins the lawsuit.

Haggis 4 Breakfast

(1,456 posts)
2. The link provides truly disturbing information
Wed Aug 24, 2022, 04:36 PM
Aug 2022

about what happened to this young man. That those coaches he turned to for help might remind you of Gym Jordan is to be understood. What kind of person hears this gut-wrenching story and turns a blind eye to the perpetrator ??
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