Boston University has issued its first statement since Call Her Daddy host Alex Cooper accused the school’s former soccer coach of sexual harassment.
The school did not address Cooper’s claims directly in the statement sent to Rolling Stone. Rather, it said, “Boston University has a zero-tolerance policy for sexual harassment. We have a robust system of resources, support and staff dedicated to student wellbeing and a thorough reporting process through our Equal Opportunity Office.”
It continued: “We encourage members of our community to report any concerns, and we remain committed to fostering a safe and secure campus environment for all.”
Cooper spoke publicly for the first time about Feldman in her new documentary, Call Her Alex, alleging that her coach made her “deeply uncomfortable” with verbal remarks and physical touch. Cooper said Feldman began to “fixate” on her more than her teammates during her sophomore year, and claimed her encouragement on the field was couched in her “wanting to know who I was dating, her making comments about my body, and her always wanting to be alone with me.”
At the time, Cooper was on a full-tuition athletics scholarship at BU, and worried about the options available to her to address this alleged harassment. “I didn’t follow this woman’s rules, I was gone,” she said, adding, “Every time I tried to resist her, she would say, ‘There could be consequences.’”
Eventually, Cooper said she submitted written documentation about her interactions with Feldman to BU. The University, according to Cooper, said they would not fire Feldman, but allow Cooper to keep her scholarship even if she chose not to pally on the soccer team.
“No investigation. Within five minutes, they had entirely dismissed everything I had been through,” said Cooper, who did not play on the BU soccer team her senior year.
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Feldman has yet to release a statement regarding Cooper’s claims. She retired from Boston University in 2022.
On a recent episode of Call Her Daddy, Cooper said she didn’t originally plan on speaking publicly about her allegations against Feldman, but chose to after learning that others had similar experiences. “I discovered the abuse and trauma I had been subjected to at Boston University was still actively happening on that campus in 2025, a decade after I left,” she said, adding. “It really put in perspective that the harassment and abuse of power was, and is, so much bigger than me. It is systemic and it’s happening everywhere.”
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