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 pupil 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 workforce’s season and led to a coach’s dismissal.
Neijee Hunter, 15, a pupil at James Madison Excessive Faculty in Midwood, mentioned that he stays stressed over the continued harassment, sustaining that sexual hazing claims had been solely fabricated.
“The entire workforce is saying it’s a lie,” Hunter informed The New York Submit. “Now they’re calling me P-Diddy. They known as me homosexual, and so they’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 workforce had been accused in October 2024 of forcibly restraining a teammate, eradicating his clothes, and touching his “personal space.”
The alleged sufferer’s mom reportedly knowledgeable the varsity concerning the incident, resulting in the speedy suspension of the workforce’s season and the termination of a coach.
Nevertheless, 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 varsity known as us and informed us we would have liked to get down there, I received there quick and the police had been already there,” Hunter’s father, Early Hunter, informed The New York Submit.
He recounted the household’s expertise with the authorized system: “We went to court docket thrice. They declined to prosecute in household court docket. The choose mentioned he didn’t know why this was in court docket. The varsity made such a giant 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 had been actual criminals.”
The elder Hunter even publicly launched a video he claims exhibits solely roughhousing, not sexual abuse.
Regardless of prices being dismissed in court docket and the accused college students returning to class, Neijee Hunter describes the aftermath as a “nightmare.” He states that the alleged sufferer, a former good friend 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 follow. We had been getting psyched for the sport Friday. We’re taking part in round. After follow, all common horseplay within the locker room, tackling one another. We tackled him and he went residence and informed a lie. He was laughing, able to play in opposition to the largest workforce within the South Shore Excessive Faculty league.”
The taunts of “P-Diddy” by his classmates allude to the disgraced rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, at the moment dealing with allegations of sexual abuse and assault in unrelated authorized proceedings.
A spokesperson for James Madison Excessive Faculty said that the varsity was beforehand unaware of the bullying Hunter is now reporting. “Bullying and harassment have completely no place in our colleges,” the spokesperson mentioned in a press release.
“Previous to this inquiry, the varsity had acquired no escalation or report of bullying. Upon receipt of those allegations, the varsity launched a full investigation, and we’re offering help to this pupil, as per college insurance policies.”
Neijee’s mom, Nathifa Bembrey, articulated the profound and lasting harm inflicted by the incident. “This might have ruined somebody’s complete life over a lie,” Bembrey informed The New York Submit. “It was very hectic. It was nerve-wracking. And that coach received fired, and so they mentioned he allowed this to occur. He’ll by no means coach once more, throughout a lie. The children at college had been calling them the Madison 3. They had been so impolite and imply. No apologies. They completely might’ve dealt with this higher.”
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