in the summer of 2019, rumours began to circulate around campus about the behaviour of a high profile former student who was then 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 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
he continued as gusa president and remained on campus while the complaints were investigated. rachel says that he repeatedly intimated 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 from 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 is still waiting for the outcome of her complaint.
out and things like that. and just doing it. ..doing it probably in spaces where it was quite public, but it couldn t be seen. rachel says paddy everingham s harassment escalated until one incident in february 2019. he was very drunk and, kind of, stumbling towards me. and he came up and grabbed me. ijust, kind of, said, that s enough, have a good night, sort of thing. and then he turned around and told me that he would show me how much he fancied me, and i told him that i didn t want him to. rachel says he followed her into a toilet cubicle, closing the door behind them. yeah, so, he started undoing his belt, his button and zip. and at that point ijust said, like, that s enough. i don t want this, kind of, could you please get out? he didn t listen to me, just continued with what he was doing. sort of started sighing, saying, oh, come on, like, what s wrong with it? ijust said, like, that s enough. can you please leave? i want out. still wasn t letting me out of the toil
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