DOJ assistant AG responds to new allegations in SJSU transgender volleyball controversy

Former San Jose State volleyball co-captain Brooke Slusser made new allegations regarding a controversy involving a trans teammate and described the emotional fallout.

EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Department of Justice Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon has spoken out in response to recent developments related to San Jose State University's transgender volleyball player from last fall.

Dhillon responded to Fox News Digital's July 31 report with new allegations by former SJSU volleyball player Brooke Slusser related to a misconduct investigation into her former trans teammate, Blaire Fleming. Fleming was accused of conspiring with an opposing player to have Slusser spiked in the face during a match in October.

"The Department of Justice has restored fairness to women’s sports and will continue to go after bad actors who endanger young women with woke gender ideology. We will leverage every legal resource available to enforce Title IX and protect women’s basic right to compete in sports without fear of retribution from men," Dhillon said in an exclusive statement to Fox News Digital. 

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In November, a Mountain West Conference investigation into the initial allegations against Fleming concluded without finding "sufficient evidence" just three days after the first emails to witnesses to set up interviews were sent, according to public records obtained by Fox News Digital.

The investigation was carried out by the law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher (WFG). WFG was also hired by the Mountain West to defend the conference against a lawsuit by Slusser, which included the very same allegations against Fleming that the law firm cleared. 

Public records obtained by Fox News Digital show