"Always wanting to be alone with me": Boston University reopens probe into athletic department harassment days after Alex Cooper’s heartbreaking revelation

Boston University is in the middle of a huge scandal as many of their former female athletes have opened up about harassment from former women’s soccer coaches and how their whole experience has been extremely uncomfortable.

Recently, former Boston University athlete and famous podcaster, Alex Cooper, opened up about it on her documentary and now, there is finally an update about it from the prestigious university.

Boston University is about to launch a new investigation into the harassment claims, weeks after Alex Cooper opened up about her uncomfortable experiences

With many of Boston University’s former female athletes opening up about harassment, even though the university remained silent for a while, it has finally taken action.

Recently, Boston University issued an official statement about launching a new external investigation after receiving complaints about its athletics department.For the unversed, previously the Boston University had launched a similar investigation when a player had accused women's soccer coach Casey Brown of harassment. Casey Brown resigned from her job in December 2024, months after denying her involvement.At that time, Boston University had issued a statement about “finding no evidence” to support the player’s claims against women's soccer coach Casey Brown. The statement from Boston University read as, “Within days of receiving those initial complaints, BU launched an external investigation and hired Phil Catanzano of Education & Sports Law Group to conduct a comprehensive examination of the situation.

The investigation found no evidence of sexual harassment and no BU policy violations.”But this was not the only harassment complaint that the prestigious university had received in the last few months.

Appearing heartbroken and visibly emotional, Alex Cooper had opened up about her uncomfortable experience after she accused former coach Nancy Feldman of harassment.In Alex Cooper’s newly released docuseries, Call Her Alex, the famous podcaster said, "[It] was all based in her wanting to know who I was dating, her making comments about my body and her always wanting to be alone with me.”With the Boston University launching a new investigation into the harassment claims, many are hopeful of the truth finally coming to light even though none of their former players have issued an official statement about it yet.Alex Cooper has also remained silent about it.