Hockey player breaks silence about alleged sexual assault at Boston College

A former Boston School hockey participant alleges she was raped in 2015 by one of many faculty’s soccer gamers and that faculty officers did not assist her.

In an interview with W5, Tori Sullivan, a 25-year-old ahead with the Boston Delight of the six-team Skilled Hockey Federation, mentioned that she was sexually assaulted following a celebration on Halloween in 2015.

W5 is conscious of the identification of Sullivan’s alleged attacker however will not be reporting his title at her request.

Sullivan mentioned she advised teammates and faculty officers about what had occurred throughout the weeks following her alleged rape. As Sullivan struggled to deal with the trauma, she started to self-medicate with alcohol and suffered from suicidal ideation.

As her well being deteriorated and Sullivan selected to take a medical depart from Boston School, she mentioned her hockey coaches directed her teammates to dam her on social media, and drop her from group textual content messages.

In 2017, when Sullivan mentioned she was able to return to campus and resume her hockey profession, the college’s teaching employees kicked her off the group, she mentioned.

“They trashed me,” Sullivan mentioned. “Crumpled me up and tossed me away… I feel they cared about numerous different various things [rather] than the lifetime of a human being and certainly one of their very own.”

Sullivan transferred to Northeastern College and performed on two convention champion groups earlier than transferring on to professional hockey.

Boston School denied Sullivan’s allegations.

“Boston School treats any allegation of sexual misconduct with the utmost seriousness and offers in depth care, assist, sources, and authorized choices for all of its college students,” Boston School affiliate athletic director Jason Baum wrote in an announcement to W5. “That normal is met in all instances, and any insinuation {that a} student-athlete was not supported is patently false.”

“The coed-athlete’s determination to switch to a different college was product of her personal accord,” Baum wrote. “Regardless of these specious accusations, we proceed to want her one of the best in her endeavors.”

Sullivan mentioned she determined to return ahead and share her story after watching former Chicago Blackhawks participant Kyle Seashore’s interview on TSN in October 2021.

“I simply was like, ‘That is simply so comparable and simply so terrible and heartbreaking,’” Sullivan mentioned. “You realize, you’ve one other hockey participant who’s been via the same state of affairs. It is a signal, you already know, that is an invite so that you can inform your story.”

Sullivan not too long ago filed a request asking Boston School to probe how college employees dealt with her case. The college advised Sullivan it could not open an investigation, partly as a result of it doesn’t have the flexibility to compel the previous soccer participant or different witnesses to take part.