Riley Gaines Details ‘Traumatic’ Experience of Being ‘Held Against Her Will’ by Protesters Who ‘Demanded Ransom’

Former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines has detailed her “traumatic” experience of being physically assaulted and held against her will at San Francisco State University (SFSU) last month after giving a speech on the “injustices” surrounding women’s participation in sports.
Gaines told members of Congress during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on May 16 that she feared for her life as protesters at the university had demanded a ransom for her release.
Gaines, a former National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) swimmer who has advocated against biological males competing in women’s sports, explained that she attended SFSU on April 6 to speak to a campus group on “the right of women to compete on a level playing field.”…