The University of Florida men's basketball coach, Todd Golden, has been accused of stalking and sexually harassing students, the school newspaper, The Alligator, reported Friday.
Documents obtained by the newspaper show "an undefined number of women" who filed complaints. A university spokesperson told the paper the school received a complaint on Sept. 27 but it was legally unable to comment.
The claims allege possible "sexual exploitation," and cited accusations of Golden "sending photos and videos of his genitalia while traveling for UF." He's also accused of "unwanted sexual advances on Instagram, requesting sexual favors, and various occasions of stalking."
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The complaint states that Golden would take photos of women he was following as they were walking or driving, and would then send those photos to them.
One woman the paper spoke to said that Golden stalked her on foot "more than ten times.
“At first, it starts off slow, like, ‘Oh, wow. That’s odd. This guy is showing us attention,’” the woman said, according to the complaint. “And then it becomes, ‘Wow, he’s kind of crossing a line. No, he didn’t mean it that way.’ Then it’s, ‘Wait, he’s fully stepping over that line.’ And then it’s, ‘Wow, there’s a picture of his d--k.’ It was a full grooming process with all of us.”
"He would go to such lengths about it,” she continued. “He would go back, like a year back, and like ten photos at once. Then, obviously, [he] followed up with a DM, always in vanish mode… Just really aggressive Instagram stalking is the best way to put it.”
Another woman said in the complaint that Golden would call women "his drug" or tell them they were "his good luck charm" before games.
“He just had this manipulation tactic over everyone,” she said. “And he sent us all the same s--t. It was copy-paste to every girl.”
