Questions rise regarding Upenn’s Lia Thomas lawsuit after Title IX agreement

University of Pennsylvania I agreed to the resolution President Donald Trump’s administration will protect and apologise for men to all female swimmers affected by the presence of trans athlete Leah Thomas from 2021-22.

but, Litigation He is still active against the university of three former female swimmers over his experience sharing a team with Thomas.

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Former Upenn swimmers Grace Estabrook, Margot Kakorowski and Ellen Holmkist filed lawsuits against the university on February 5th against the university, Harvard University, the NCAA and the Ivy League. The lawsuit alleges that university officials are in favor of Thomas’ roots being rooted in Thomas. It violated federal law. ”

The activist group is funding the lawsuit, with the Independent Council on Women’s Sports (icon) issued a statement on Tuesday addressing UPENN’s resolution.

“Less than three weeks later, the University of Pennsylvania lawyers will appear in U.S. District Court in Boston, Massachusetts. They have notified the court that the university argued that by allowing Lia Thomas to compete on the women’s swimming team, the statement argued.

“Will Upenn admit to a federal judge that they violated Title IX, just as they did to the Trump administration today?

Meanwhile, Paula Scanlan, a former Upenn swimmer, is not part of the lawsuit, but one of the first of Thomas’ teammates and one of the first to speak out against the situation, apologized for emails he received from the university.

The icon added to the statement should serve as a warning to other agencies, Tuesday’s announcement.

“We are grateful to the female athletes we represent, along with their commitment to restoring justice in the Trump administration and women’s sports. Today’s announcement sends a clear message to all educational institutions about one of the most infamous violations of Title IX.

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“Icon is dedicated to holding organizations such as the NCAA, Ivy League and the University of Pennsylvania Responsibility and ensure that legal precedents are set to ensure that such violations do not occur again.”

Fox News Digital contacted Upenn to respond to the Icons statement.

A biological male, Thomas competed for the UPENN men’s swimming team in the name of Wil Thomas from 2017-20. According to the lawsuit, Thomas was introduced to a female swimmer by female swimming head coach Mike Schnoor during a team meeting in fall 2019.

Each of the three plaintiffs claimed that the experience “repeatedly hurting them.”

The plaintiffs allege that university administrators forced trunk ideology onto them through the process of accepting Thomas in the team and locker room. The former swimmer says their concerns about being a teammate with Thomas have been led to feel rooted in “psychological issues.”

“The UPENN administrator told women that if women struggle to accept Thomas’ participation in UPENN’s women’s team, they should seek counseling and support from the CAPS and the LBGTQ Centre,” the lawsuit alleges.

“The administrator also invited women to a lecture entitled “Trans 101.” Thus, women were led to understand that Upenn’s position was that if the women on the team had problems with the women in the team, the women had psychological problems and needed counseling. ”

The plaintiffs also allege that the administrators warned them against public speaking against the situation.

“The UPenn administrator told the women that if women spoke publicly about concerns about Thomas’ participation in the women’s team, the reputation of those complaining about Thomas’ being on the team will be contaminated by in Phobia for the rest of their lives and probably won’t be able to get a job,” the lawsuit alleges.

The three female swimmers claim that if they tried to protest Thomas’ participation ahead of the 2022 Ivy League Championship, they were forced to believe that they would be removed from the team.

“Members of the Upenn Swim team were told by Coach Schnur and UPenn administrators that Upenn administrators would coordinate closely with the NCAA and Ivy League to ensure Thomas is eligible for the 2021-2022 women’s swimming season,” the lawsuit allegedly.

“These statements regarding the close coordination of Eligibility for Upenn, Ivy League and NCAA Thomas will lead to UPenn’s female team members understanding or protesting Thomas’ participation in the team or presence in the locker room, and women may be taken away from the team or Upenn.”

The lawsuit alleges that the coach and UPenn administrators told the female swimmer not to talk about Thomas’ situation. Schnour reportedly told the female swimmer that Thomas would not share the locker room when he asked after the initial introduction.

However, it is said that later changed.

Thomas officially began practicing and competing with female swimmers in the fall of 2021.

And that was when the female swimmer said that Chenour’s alleged claims claimed that Thomas did not share the locker room.

“When Upenn female swimmers returned to school in the fall of 2021, they were shocked that Thomas was allowed to use Upenn women’s locker rooms and was allowed to use women’s locker rooms at swimming competitions,” the lawsuit alleges.

“Margot (Kaczorowski) learned that (Kaczorowski) had been allowed by Upenn to use the women’s locker room to walk through the women’s locker room and find Thomas changing clothes.”

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According to the suit, Kakolovski shed tears to Schnoor about the shock that he discovered Thomas would share a locker room with her. She claims the coach responded by saying, “I know it’s wrong, but there’s nothing I can do.”

“Coach Schnour told the plaintiff that if Thomas did not allow him to compete in a women’s swimming team using the women’s locker room, he would be fired by Upenn,” the lawsuit alleges.

Another team meeting was held in December 2021, where they discussed Thomas’ presence in the team and the media’s attention gained, according to court documents. The female swimmer claims that Thomas remains on the team and was told “rear swimming cannot be negotiated.”

Upenn responded to a resolution with the Trump administration in a statement Tuesday.

“The Ministry of Education OCR examined the participation of one trans athlete on a women’s swimming team three years ago during the 2021-2022 swimming season. At the time, Penn was compliant with the NCAA Eligibility Rules and Title IX.

“Pen will always follow and follow the NCAA applicable policies on Title IX and transgender athletes. The NCAA eligibility rules will be changed in February 2025 with Executive Orders 14168 and 14201, and Pen will continue to comply with these new rules.

“Penn has never maintained its own policy regarding the participation of transgender athletes in intercollegiate sports, and it does not maintain its own policy related to other NCAA rules. It adheres to NCAA and Ivy League rules designed to ensure fair and transparent athletic competition for all schools and participants.”

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