Massachusetts school rips 'harmful comments' made toward transgender athlete accused of injuring opponent

Independent Women's Forum's Riley Gaines reacts to a female high school basketball player being injured by a transgender opponent on "Jesse Watters Primetime."

KIPP Academy Lynn, a Massachusetts private school, remains steadfast in its decision to allow a transgender student to play for the girls’ basketball team despite recent backlash after a video showed the player hurting an opponent. 

KIPP Academy saw Collegiate Charter School of Lowell forfeit a game at halftime this month after three players were hurt, one of which was caught on video that showed a transgender player wrestling for a rebound and tossing their opponent hard on the court. The Collegiate Charter player appeared to suffer a back injury. 

The now-viral video led KIPP Academy’s executive director, Rhonda Barnes, to blast "harmful comments" that were made about the student and the school.

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"To the best of our knowledge, this student has never been on a men’s team at KIPP," Barnes told the Boston Globe, while also confirming the player identifies as transgender.

A KIPP Academy spokesperson also told the Boston Globe, "We condemn harmful comments being made online toward members of our community and will continue to let the vision, mission and principles of our organization guide our actions."

Barnes had previously given a statement to Fox News Digital about the situation, which had similar verbiage. 

"The vision of KIPP Massachusetts is that every child grows up free to create the future they want for themselves and their communities," Barnes wrote. "To do this, we work to create joyful and identity-affirming schools for our