![]() ![]() ![]() At the time, the plaintiff was 14 years old. 21.Īn unidentified male plaintiff alleges Black and Holley “began making inappropriate and vulgar comments to him” when he joined Rockstar. ![]() When this abuse allegedly occurred was not included in the lawsuit.įeeley was an assistant cheerleading coach at Clemson University between 20, according to the website for his current cheerleading consulting business, Spring CDT.įeeley called the claims "categorically false" in a statement emailed to reporters by a public-relations representative on Sept. The complaint also alleges that Feeley raped the same plaintiff at his apartment after supplying her with drugs and alcohol, potentially with Foster’s knowledge. The amended complaint accuses Feeley, then a coach working for Foster, of sexually abusing an unnamed female plaintiff at a hotel where the team was staying during a competition. Sexual abuse allegations against SC coaches Rockstar Cheer closes amid scandal: What to know about Scott Foster lawsuits, allegationsįoster was found to have died by suicide last month, according to the Greenville County Coroner's Office. Nearly all of the abuse is alleged to have occurred while the defendants were coaching at Rockstar Cheer and Dance Inc., the now-shuttered competitive cheerleading gym in Greer. In several instances, the alleged abuse occurred when the plaintiffs were minors. The coaches, along with Rockstar founder Scott Foster, are accused of a range of misconduct, including rape, providing drugs to athletes, groping and inappropriate touching, and the exchange of sexual images. 1, now includes three additional female plaintiffs, all unidentified, plus the new coaches, who are accused publicly for the first time - Kenny Feeley, Josh Guyton, Nathan Allan Plank, Christopher Hinton, Traevon Black and Peter Holley. 15, the latest development in an escalating scandal that has sent shockwaves through the world of competitive cheerleading. Six more coaches formerly associated with Rockstar Cheer have been accused of sexual abuse in a federal lawsuit amended Sept. 22, 2022, to include new information from accused men and to clarify allegations in lawsuits and claims from those named. What can you say….This article was updated Sept. I felt like it was so positive for me and my close friends….I remember he and his wife when they were young, my heart breaks for his family and whoever he was in 2022 that led to this tragedy.Īpologies for the rambling post…a quick search shows I’ve missed much in recent years…tough news for someone you have always held in such high regard. There are aspects of cheer I know are negative…maybe I was so affected I can’t separate the good from bad. My friends and I signed up for thigh stands and Pom poms haha and we got a new coach that told us that bad news, we were awful, but good news…he had nothing but time and patience…if you would keep showing up and didn’t get your feelings hurt easily. I’ve loved and defended “cheerleading” for 20 plus years because of Scott and the true competitive sport or whatever critics want to frame it as, introduced into my life at that time. He wasn’t the first in the area to push our high school squads to be what they became, but he was by far, the best to me. Some hated it…I hated him most days, but ate it up in a way that I helped coach tumbling form to anyone that cared to try harder too. He changed everything for so many girls at my high school at that time, just what “cheer” even could be. I was quite literally last weekend, telling a group of cynical adults how the best motivator and coach I had in any form of my life had been this young male cheerleader…straight out of a great cheering school, who cared nothing about high school politics or how things were done at (high school), the standards we previously had or what gym, who you were or what you looked like, only a new idea of what “cheerleading” was, I said militaristic practices etc haha to say the least, the toughest standard but if you met it…your coach was proud. This hits so close to home for me (for someone so out of touch with cheer and what Scott/rockstar may have or may not have become), because of the impact he had on me as a 14 ish year old and the next few years in the early 2000s. First, any young girls or women that may have been negatively affected or hurt by this program, coaches, or Scott, my heart is truly broken for. ![]()
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