Mountain West closes investigation into allegations against San Jose State transfer player without discipline

The Mountain West Conference says it investigated allegations of collusion by players on the San Jose State and Colorado State volleyball teams and shut them down without disciplinary action.

In a letter to San Jose State athletic director Jeff Cunha and Colorado State athletic director John Weber, obtained by Fox News Digital, Mountain West Commissioner Gloria Nevarez says the conference has “substantiated” the claims in the recent Title IX complaint. Evidence not found.

The complaint alleges that San Jose State’s transgender player Blair Fleming colluded with a Colorado State player to influence the outcome of the game and that Fleming’s teammate Brock Silser was hit in the face with a ball during the game. Conspiracy to kill.

The letter did not address the allegations in the recent lawsuit, nor did it address the idea that there was a plot to kill Slessor in the face. The letter calls all the allegations in the complaint “manipulation of the competition.”

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“The complaint alleges that Colorado State University (CSU) and San José State University (SJSU) volleyball players engaged in match-fixing during the SJSU vs. CSU volleyball match played on October 2, 2024 in Fort Collins, Colorado. “Upon receipt of this information, the Mountain West Conference office, in conjunction with both member organizations, should immediately conduct a full investigation into these serious allegations,” the letter said.

The conference’s investigation included interviews with head coaches and student-athletes initiated by both institutions, Nevarez said. However, the letter did not specifically state which individuals were interviewed. Fox News reached out to the conference for clarification on the list of digital personalities but did not receive a response.

The conference also claims that its investigation included match video review by both head coaches, match video review and statistical analysis by multiple third-party volleyball experts involved in the conference and third-party investigators. Includes several interviews via Conference in consultation with Mountain West’s legal counsel.

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The conference contends that any evidence to support the claims was insufficient. However, the letter does not clearly state that the allegations are false.

“After reviewing and evaluating the extensive information gathered during the investigation, there is insufficient evidence to substantiate allegations of misconduct related to the SJSU vs. CSU volleyball game played on October 2, 2024. Consequently, the conference office has determined “No disciplinary action will be taken and the matter is closed,” he said.

The initial Title IX complaint was filed on Oct. 29 by suspended San Jose State assistant head coach Melissa Baty-Smoose. Betty Sims was suspended shortly after the complaint was filed, much to the dismay of Silser and other players on the team.

Batie-Smoose, Slusser and other current and former players on the team and the entire Mountain West filed a lawsuit against the conference and San Jose State, providing more context to the allegations.

San Jose State volleyball player Chandler Manoski’s lawsuit is cited as referring to an incident in early October, when she and other teammates, including a trans athlete, entered the team’s hotel the night before a game against Colorado State. Violated team rules by hiding from Minowski claimed that he then learned of an alleged plan by player Blair Fleming to ensure that San Jose State would lose the game and to spike Slesser in the face during the game on October 3. Colorado State player Malaya Jones was set.

“Manosky said Fleming shared with Jones scouting the CSU-FC game at Jones’ residence and discussed Fleming’s throwing.[ing] game’ and how they would set Jones up to ‘blow up’ Slesser and ‘blow’ him in the face during the game,” court documents state.

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“Manoski also said that Fleming said, ‘I’m going to leave center court open,’ which would allow Malaya Jones to take a wide-open shot to try to ‘blow the ball away,'” meaning Brook. Trying to hit Silser. Face with the ball.”

The documents allege that Minowski confronted head coach Todd Kreiss and Betty Sims about the incident. Manosky claims she was crying when she begged him not to tell Fleming that she had come up with the story.

“Chris told Betty Smooze that he didn’t believe Manosky and thought she made up the whole story so she wouldn’t get in trouble for leaving the team hotel,” the documents state.

Slessor previously told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview that he had been informed of Fleming’s alleged plan and that he believed the university had treated him unfairly, arguing that the university had Not enough has been done to investigate the matter.

“If it was me, and I was the one threatening to do this to my teammate that caused such a commotion, immediate action would have been taken,” Silser said. “I was definitely very angry, and I’m glad to know that the coaching staff and compliance and everybody was made aware of it beforehand, but I don’t know if it made me feel any different. I just I was angry because I didn’t think anyone would go that far.

“Threatening to hurt one of your own teammates, I feel like there are a lot of things in that whole conversation that the school would want to address.”

San Jose State defeated Colorado State on Saturday in the first game since the lawsuit was filed. Fleming had the game-winning serve and other Spartan players celebrated, including Silser and Manoski.

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