by Keka Araújo
June 16, 2025
Hunter and his mother and father vehemently insisted that the incident was “typical horsing round” and didn’t contain any pervasive sexual contact.
A Brooklyn highschool scholar who was beforehand accused in a high-profile sexual hazing incident final 12 months, now alleges he has encountered relentless bullying from his classmates, vehemently denying the preliminary allegations that abruptly ended his crew’s season and led to a coach’s dismissal.
Neijee Hunter, 15, a scholar at James Madison Excessive College in Midwood, mentioned that he stays stressed over the continuing harassment, sustaining that sexual hazing claims have been solely fabricated.
“The entire crew is saying it’s a lie,” Hunter instructed The New York Put up. “Now they’re calling me P-Diddy. They known as me homosexual, they usually’re saying this due to one thing I didn’t do. They’re leaving child oil in my locker.”
Hunter and two different gamers on James Madison’s junior varsity soccer crew have been accused in October 2024 of forcibly restraining a teammate, eradicating his clothes, and touching his “non-public space.”
The alleged sufferer’s mom reportedly knowledgeable the college in regards to the incident, resulting in the speedy suspension of the crew’s season and the termination of a coach.
Nonetheless, Hunter and his mother and father vehemently insisted that the incident was “typical horsing round” and didn’t contain any pervasive sexual contact.
“When the college known as us and instructed us we wanted to get down there, I bought there quick and the police have been already there,” Hunter’s father, Early Hunter, instructed The New York Put up.
He recounted the household’s expertise with the authorized system: “We went to courtroom 3 times. They declined to prosecute in household courtroom. The decide mentioned he didn’t know why this was in courtroom. The college made such an enormous factor about it earlier than investigating. They known as the police instantly. They charged them and took all three of them out in handcuffs like they have been actual criminals.”
The elder Hunter even publicly launched a video he claims exhibits solely roughhousing, not sexual abuse.
Regardless of expenses being dismissed in courtroom and the accused college students returning to class, Neijee Hunter describes the aftermath as a “nightmare.” He states that the alleged sufferer, a former pal and teammate, is the only particular person sustaining the sexual hazing claims.
“He’s the one one saying that occurred,” Neijee insisted of his accuser. “The coach was proper there. It was after observe. We have been getting psyched for the sport Friday. We’re taking part in round. After observe, all common horseplay within the locker room, tackling one another. We tackled him and he went residence and instructed a lie. He was laughing, able to play towards the largest crew within the South Shore Excessive College league.”
The taunts of “P-Diddy” by his classmates allude to the disgraced rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, presently dealing with allegations of sexual abuse and assault in unrelated authorized proceedings.
A spokesperson for James Madison Excessive College said that the college was beforehand unaware of the bullying Hunter is now reporting. “Bullying and harassment have completely no place in our faculties,” the spokesperson mentioned in an announcement.
“Previous to this inquiry, the college had acquired no escalation or report of bullying. Upon receipt of those allegations, the college launched a full investigation, and we’re offering help to this scholar, as per faculty insurance policies.”
Neijee’s mom, Nathifa Bembrey, articulated the profound and lasting injury inflicted by the incident. “This might have ruined somebody’s complete life over a lie,” Bembrey instructed The New York Put up. “It was very demanding. It was nerve-wracking. And that coach bought fired, they usually mentioned he allowed this to occur. He’ll by no means coach once more, throughout a lie. The youngsters in school have been calling them the Madison 3. They have been so impolite and imply. No apologies. They completely might’ve dealt with this higher.”
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