EXCLUSIVE: The woman who has accused current San Jose State University (SJSU) head volleyball coach of attacking her in a hotel room has come forward with her first statements since the allegations went public. Kress is widely known for overseeing the controversial 2024 season that was overshadowed by a trans athlete scandal involving Blaire Fleming and female teammate Brooke Slusser.
The woman, who previously played for Kress at Fairfield University, informed SJSU officials in October 2024 of her alleged experience with the coach.
“SJSU has known I feared for the safety of the women in the program since October of 2024 and yet they have allowed Todd to continue to coach and travel with the team,” she told Fox News Digital on the condition of anonymity.
“I informed both Fairfield and SJSU of my 1998 encounter with Todd after reading accounts of young women on the 2024 SJSU team describing his intimidation, coercive, and manipulative behaviors.
“Why dont some women come forward after being assaulted by those in positions of power? Its a fair question. One needs to look no further than the situation at SJSU.”
Kress’s alleged victim is speaking out two weeks after were first reported.
Neither SJSU nor Kress has addressed the allegations since then despite multiple inquiries, and the coach has made multiple social media posts boasting his new recruiting class in that time as well.
Fox News Digital reported on July 7 that during the SJSU volleyball trans athlete scandal’s peak in the fall of 2024, administrators received an email from the woman in October of that year. The email included a letter to Fairfield that included the allegations that Kress attacked the player in a hotel room in 1998.
Emails obtained by Fox News Digital via an independent verified source show that SJSU officials acknowledged the receipt of the allegations, met with the former Fairfield player and her lawyer, thanked her for coming forward and even apologized for her experiences.
Fox News Digital submitted a public records request to SJSU seeking emails related to an investigation of those allegations, but the , with SJSU citing privacy exemptions and attorney-client privilege.
“Did SJSU investigate my complaint? They were given information that would have allowed them to corroborate my claims. Their refusal to release their investigative steps and final determination allows for much speculation,” the former player added.
“My singular motivation was a hope that in bringing to the attention of school administrators what Todd did to me, they might act to protect young women. I trusted the system and chose to operate without public attention.”
Fox News Digital has verified her identity and that she played for Kress at Fairfield in 1998.
Slusser, who played under Kress for two seasons in 2023-24, previously told Fox News Digital that she and other teammates in 2024 were not told of the allegations that fall.
“The school gave us absolutely zero information. This was never brought up once.” Slusser said. Slusser is currently suing SJSU for her own alleged experience playing under Kress and alongside Fleming.
The alleged incident involving Kress and the former Fairfield player occurred in a hotel after Fairfields loss to Clemson in the first round of the in December, according to her letter.
Part of the letter alleges, “He immediately took caramel from a plastic container and smeared it all over my face and hair. He then forcibly threw me on the bed and held me down. I was in shock. He let go of me and then pulled his pants down and put his back side in my face.
“Todd again grabbed me, picked me up, and threw me into the bathtub where he held me down and threatened to turn on the shower with me laying there to clean the caramel off
