dismissed everingham s claim on several grounds and found in the bbc s favour. in a statement, mr everingham told us an internal investigation was conducted within the university and he was not found guilty of any wrongdoings . he said that he strongly denies all of these allegations. back with nikki and jenn, and for the first time they re seeing the scale of the problem laid out before them. it s very overwhelming. ithink we ve. ..we ve gone through them bit by bit and actually visually seeing it, this isn t even everything. this box is barely empty. yeah, it s quite, quite hard. for many women, their journey is far from over.
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.
and she managed to get out. he stayed in the cubicle that we were in. he took his phone out and he exposed himself and started trying to video himself and trying to show it to me. i was really stressed, i didn t really know what to do. ijust, kind of, froze a little bit, almost, especially afterwards when i was out of the cubicle. ijust, kind of, stood in shock, not knowing where to go, like, not knowing what to do. i didn t want to be one of those people with a story, so ijust, kind of, ignored it until the rumours really started to go around and none of them were about me. and that s when i realised, like, this is really serious. in october that year, rachel reported it to the university, and an investigation was launched. around the same time, other women were raising concerns about paddy everingham s alleged behaviour. phoebe reilly was the welfare convenor for the sports association. i think the common theme that came up was that it was a pattern of behaviour.
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.