By Natasha Chen and Cheri Mosburg | CNN
Former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines stated she was assaulted Thursday on the campus of San Francisco State College.
Gaines was on the faculty to discuss her views opposing the inclusion of transgender athletes in ladies’s sports activities, in line with the occasion announcement.
“I used to be bodily assaulted by one individual. I used to be struck twice, each occasions hitting my shoulder with the second strike grazing my face,” Gaines informed CNN’s Natasha Chen. “The remainder of the protesters simply ambushed and cornered me earlier than I used to be in a position to transfer out with the assistance of campus police.”
A video Gaines posted from the occasion confirmed her shifting rapidly whereas surrounded by safety officers. A protester may be heard shouting “trans rights are human rights,” however the video is shaky and doesn't seem to indicate an assault.
“We're conducting an ongoing investigation into the state of affairs. There have been no arrests associated to the occasion,” the college police division stated in an announcement. “The disruption occurred after the conclusion of the occasion which made it mandatory for UPD officers to maneuver the occasion speaker from the room to a distinct, protected location.”
The police division didn't instantly reply to an inquiry by CNN on the character of “the disruption” and whether or not the investigation is expounded to the alleged assault.
When CNN requested extra element on the character of “the disruption” and whether or not the investigation is expounded to the alleged assault, UPD didn't instantly reply.
Gaines tied transgender swimmer Lia Thomas for fifth place within the ladies’s 200-meter freestyle ultimate on the 2022 NCAA swimming and diving championships and has been vocal about her opposition to the inclusion of trans ladies in ladies’s swimming.
Gaines’ look was “booked by a acknowledged scholar group,” college spokesperson Kent Bravo informed CNN, and arranged by conservative group Turning Level USA.
“That is an appalling assault on free speech on a university campus,” Home Speaker Kevin McCarthy stated on Twitter. “Home Republicans stand with Riley Gaines and her courageous and tireless efforts to guard ladies’s sports activities.”