West Virginia Transgender Middle School Athlete Allegedly Told Female Teammates 'Suck My D**k'

Last month, a United States Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a West Virginia law that bars biological boys from competing on girls' sports teams cannot be enforced with regard to a 13-year-old who competes on the girls' track and field team at the athlete's middle school.

The athlete, known in court documents as B.P.J., returned to competition following the ruling. In the first track & field meet after the court ruling, five girls from an opposing school refused to compete against B.P.J., staging a protest during the meet. 

On April 30, six states filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education, alleging that the recent rewrite of Title IX by President Joe Biden and his administration – which makes gender identity the determining factor in applying Title IX and not biological sex – is discriminatory toward women and girls. 

On May 3, the plaintiffs brought forth evidence, known as "Exhibit A." Exhibit A is sworn testimony from a teammate of B.P.J., Adaleia Cross (recognized in court documents as A.C.), that alleges sexual harassment against the transgender athlete. 

Transgender middle school athlete in West Virginia allegedly sexually harassed multiple female teammates 

Warning: some of the language included in the testimony is graphic. 

Cross, a former middle school athlete and teammate of transgender athlete B.P.J., alleges that B.P.J. made multiple sexually-explicit remarks to her and to other female teammates. 

"During the end of that year, about two to three times per week, B.P.J. would look at me and say "suck my d***," Cross said, according to the court filing. "I heard B.P.J. say the same thing to my other teammates, too.

"B.P.J. made other more explicit sexual statements that felt threatening to me. At times, B.P.J. told me quietly 'I’m gonna stick my d*** into your pu***.' And B.P.J. sometimes added ‘and in your a**' as well.’" 

Cross told her parents about the alleged harassment and then alerted her coach and the school's administration. 

"Initially, the administrators told me that they were investigating, but we never heard back, and nothing changed," Cross said. "From what I saw, B.P.J. got very little or no punishment for saying things that no other student would get away with." 

A transgender West Virginia middle school athlete is accused of sexual harassment against multiple Bridgeport Middle School teammates.

(Harrison County Board of Education)

OutKick spoke with Adaleia's parents, Holden and Abby Cross, about their daughter's experience as a teammate of B.P.J. and the allegations of sexual harassment.  

They said that they tried to meet with school administrators, but were denied and instead were only afforded a phone conversation. 

"They told us they take this very seriously," Abby Cross said. "They told us there would be an investigation." 

Mrs. Cross added that the principal and vice principal of the school said they would speak to Adaleia in their office to discuss the allegations. She and her husband were not invited to attend that meeting. 

"They didn't ask us to come in to be with her when she spoke, which we know now is their policy," Cross noted. "We would have 100% sat with her while she talked to them." 

The Cross's said that Adaleia named six students who could corroborate the allegations made against B.P.J. Despite telling both Adaleia and her parents that they would look into the harassment, it was never brought up again, according to Holden and Abby. 

They did note that the comments stopped after the meeting. However, they also said that their daughter did everything she could to avoid B.P.J following the harassment. Nothing changed with regard to B.P.J.'s standing on the track team and there was no clear punishment (such as a suspension from the team or school). 

West Virginia female middle school track & field athletes protest the inclusion of a transgender athlete.

"From Adaleia's point of view, there were no changes in the dynamic between her and B.P.J.," Abby Cross said. "That was very hurtful for her." 

Adaleia told her parents that a few of the students she told administrators could corroborate her story indicated that they had spoken with school principals. At least one student, according to Abby Cross, said he told administrators that B.P.J. was making comments that made teammates uncomfortable. 

According to the Harrison County Board of Education handbook, the "consequences" for sexual harassment at the middle school level include: "parent/guardian notification, school counseling/intervention, at risk referral (If deemed necessary), revocation of privileges, ISS and/or OSS (One to Ten Days) and the principal/superintendent may recommend placement in an alternative education program or expulsion." 

OutKick reached out to Bridgeport Middle School's principal and athletic director (who also serves as the girls' track & field coach) about the allegations made by Cross, but did not receive a response. 

Transgender athlete bragged about beating female teammates, sometimes taunting them. 

In addition to the sexually-explicit remarks, Adaleia Cross said that B.P.J would taunt her after beating her in competitions. 

"You have more testosterone than I do, and I am still beating you," B.P.J. would say, according to Cross. She also reported that after competing in most events for the majority of her career, B.P.J. eventually took her spot away from her. 

"By her eighth grade season, it appeared to us that puberty was setting in and B.P.J was suddenly taller than Adaleia and throwing 20 feet farther than the previous season," Mrs. Cross said. 

Cross also said that initially they tried to be open-minded about B.P.J.'s inclusion on the team, thinking that the puberty-blockers – which B.P.J. openly talked about taking – might "level the playing field" against the girls. It did not, however. 

Adaleia Cross (middle) at the Harrison County Middle School Championships held at Liberty High School’s Mazzei Reaser Athletic Complex in Clarksburg, W.V., on April 12, 2023. 

(Alliance Defending Freedom)

In addition to the issues with sexual harassment and losing her spot to B.P.J. on the track team, Adaleia reported her discomfort sharing a locker room with a biological boy. 

Cross noted that she and her teammates were forced to change in a locker room with B.P.J and there were no adequate private areas. She said that many girls felt uncomfortable with a boy in their locker room. 

"This whole experience of having B.P.J. on the girls’ team was very hard for me, and my teammates told me that they found it hard, too," Cross said. 

Her parents added that the school never communicated to the parents that their daughters would be sharing locker rooms and bathrooms with a biological boy. 

"We've had other girls in the area express issues and concerns about sharing a locker room with biological males," Holden Cross said. "The whole reason that we're bringing attention to this issue is that we really want girls to have safe spaces, especially when they're most vulnerable.

"We want biological girls to compete against biological girls in their own sports," Holden Cross added. 

The absurdity that this is even up for debate in our country is deeply disturbing and depressing. But it's encouraging that people, like Adaleia and her parents, are speaking out about these injustices. Americans need to hear these stories. And we have no plans to stop telling them.