{"id":441864,"date":"2023-12-16T18:30:23","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T18:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=441864"},"modified":"2023-12-16T18:30:23","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T18:30:23","slug":"former-penn-state-majorette-files-a-lawsuit-against-the-ex-coach-heather-bean-for-harassment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/former-penn-state-majorette-files-a-lawsuit-against-the-ex-coach-heather-bean-for-harassment\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Penn State Majorette Files A Lawsuit Against The Ex-Coach Heather Bean For Harassment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a federal civil rights lawsuit filed on Wednesday, a former Penn State majorette captain alleged that her coach Heather Bean\u00a0had harassed her for both gender and sexual purposes in addition to bullying and discrimination.<\/p>\n<h2>Former Penn State Majorette Files A Lawsuit Against The Ex-Coach Heather Bean For Harassment<\/h2>\n<p>According to Kaitlyn Wassel&#8217;s lawsuit, former coach Heather Bean neglected to set proper boundaries with students, fat-shamed her and other majorettes, and neglected to disclose claims of sexual assault.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ex-Penn State majorette alleges fat-shaming, harassment in lawsuit A former Penn State majorette filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday alleging sexual and gender-based harassment during her time as a member of the Blue Band. Kaitlyn Wassel claimed in her suit that the school \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iiO6ahBoG4\">pic.twitter.com\/iiO6ahBoG4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Let&#39;s Talk About Dis Shidd (@MrsBarnesII) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrsBarnesII\/status\/1735175888583442673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>At least four other women who were on the Blue Band&#8217;s majorette squad made charges in the lawsuit, which spanned 31 pages. Several of them claimed to have contemplated suicide or acquired eating disorders.<\/p>\n<p>Wassel claimed During her freshman year&#8217;s autumn semester, Bean started to torment her. Bean is charged with purposely putting the majorette through humiliation by making her wear an excessively undersized uniform and fat-shaming her.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former majorette Kaitlyn Wassel sued Penn State for failing to protect her from harassment by former coach Heather Bean<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uW2hhYYUP2\">https:\/\/t.co\/uW2hhYYUP2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Daily Collegian (@DailyCollegian) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyCollegian\/status\/1735729727434821645?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Wassel claimed that as a result of the harassment, she developed an eating issue that accompanied her to college.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the complaint claims that in the autumn of 2018, after Wassel told her coach she had been sexually assaulted, Bean chastised her and declined to report the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Other claims of bullying were Bean snooping around in Wassel&#8217;s social and sexual life and even accusing her of being the source of a lice epidemic since she was &#8220;such a whore.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former Penn State marching band member claims sexual, gender-based harassment by coach in lawsuit <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GXrFe5MWZ9\">https:\/\/t.co\/GXrFe5MWZ9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews\/status\/1735394273082642867?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Citing the university&#8217;s standard policy of speaking out publicly against ongoing litigation, a Penn State spokesperson declined to comment on Thursday. The sole defendant identified is the institution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBean &#8230; amassed a record of competitive successes, including winning national championships for Penn State,\u201d Shubin wrote. \u201cSadly, the University prioritized the prestige Bean brought to the University over the safety and well-being of its students; it valued its reputation over its integrity and Kaitlyn and other majorettes were predictable causalities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wassel, of Maryland, attended Penn State from 2018 through 2022. She studied engineering at what the lawsuit described as her \u201cdream school.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Penn State Majorette Files Lawsuit Against University Over Harassment Claims <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mKaQABNIC4\">https:\/\/t.co\/mKaQABNIC4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dupeless (@DupelessMedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DupelessMedia\/status\/1735393101437386997?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to Penn Live, &#8220;Investigators found that Bean&#8217;s behaviour violated university policy, but they were unable to substantiate the complaints of sexual harassment and discrimination because there were no witnesses to some of the interactions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Penn State officials stated that because the former coach had already departed, they were unable to penalize her.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A former Penn State majorette  filed a federal lawsuit against the university alleging it failed to protect her from relentless bullying and harassment by her coach. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rRTkiH2DDS\">https:\/\/t.co\/rRTkiH2DDS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; StateCollege.com (@StateCollegecom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StateCollegecom\/status\/1735398106064445688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Tom Brady\u2019s Baseball Topps Trading Card With Him In Montreal Expos Baseball Uniform Isn\u2019t Giving\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/tom-bradys-baseball-topps-trading-card-with-him-in-montreal-expos-baseball-uniform-isnt-giving\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Tom Brady\u2019s Baseball Topps Trading Card With Him In Montreal Expos Baseball Uniform Isn\u2019t Giving<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a federal civil rights lawsuit filed on Wednesday, a former Penn State majorette captain alleged that her coach Heather Bean\u00a0had harassed her for both gender and sexual purposes in addition to bullying and discrimination. Former Penn State Majorette Files A Lawsuit Against The Ex-Coach Heather Bean For Harassment According to Kaitlyn Wassel&#8217;s lawsuit, former [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":441865,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[258],"tags":[19949,19948,19947,19950],"class_list":["post-441864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nccaf","tag-former-penn-state-majorette","tag-kaitlyn-wassel-heather-bean-harassment","tag-kaitlyn-wassel-heather-bean","tag-university-of-penn-state"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}