that paddy everingham was also on. i remember one evening, him making really, actually, just, like, derogatory comments about my bum again, but this was in a group situation where there s loads of people there, and itjust made me feel so uncomfortable. and, actually, there was a lot of complaints about him on that trip from different women. several women complained to the sailing club alleging he d behaved inappropriately, making them feel uncomfortable. as a result, the sailing club wrote to him, making him aware of the complaints, and refused him a spot on the following year s trip. paddy everingham told us he strenuously denied behaving inappropriately in croatia and that no action has been taken against him in respect of that trip. he says he was not given a reason for being left out the following year s holiday. holly says she initially didn t complain to the university about what she says happened to her until she heard other stories from fellow students.
employed by the university. holly was in second year when she first met him at a sports association event. he was just very handsy, and i think at the time i was almost flattered because he was, like, so high up and experienced and i wasjust a second year at the time. i d had kind of another experience with him, erm, where he d made, like quite explicit comments about my body and had, like, slapped me across my bum and stuff a few times, er, in different situations. this is the man in question, paddy everingham. he was a student at glasgow and, at the time of the claims, was president of the sports association, or gusa, a full time position paid by the university. holly told us about a sailing club holiday to croatia in 2019
rachel says that he repeatedly intimidated her in that time. i would go to events, and as soon as he was there, i had to leave. i was in at an event, and everyone that i was with watched him walk past me and put his hand on my lower back as he walked past, even though he s not allowed to talk to me. there s an end of exams christmas ball called daft friday. he came across the room and stood shoulder to shoulder right next to me. just smirked, didn t say anything. it took the university five months to investigate rachel s allegations, and she says she only learned the outcome after pressing them for an answer. the university s investigation was inconclusive, but the bbc understands paddy everingham was given an official warning. nearly a year and a half later, holly says she s still waiting for the outcome of her complaint. so, i made that complaint, and i was never contacted again by the university to say how the investigation went.
so the children are just going to have to deal with it ourselves. after rachel made her formal complaint, holly followed suit. and this wasn t the first time the university had been made aware of concerns about his behaviour towards female students. disclosure has learned that a member of the student representative council spoke to a senior university official in may 2019. they alerted the official that they were aware of concerns about paddy everingham and said they were worried about the safety of women on campus. a few weeks later, we understand paddy everingham was spoken to informally by the university and that no further action was taken at that point. despite this, when formal complaints were made against paddy everingham, the university decided not to suspend him. he continued as gusa president and remained on campus while the complaints were investigated.
you know, my experience with him, i had just kind of been able to brush off asjust a guy being a bit creepy. but then when i started speaking to all these other women, and i realised, actually, that s not the case for a lot of women, and a lot of women were really genuinely upset by it and were feeling really insecure and anxious and scared. i think that s, kind of, when i decided i wanted to do something about it. 0ne allegation holly heard stood out. rachel not her real name became friends with paddy everingham at university. she wants to remain anonymous. 0n nights out, he would buy me drinks and, kind of, try and encourage me to drink as much as i could as quickly as i could. i remember them just being kind of inappropriate with what they would say, you know, how attracted they were to me. and then, eventually, that kind of led to them, kind of, groping me on nights out and things like that. and just doing it. ..doing it probably in spaces where it was quite public, but it coul