Ball State's Tessa Towers alleges abuse, toxic culture in Wisconsin women's basketball team
Ball State women's basketball player and former Wisconsin player Tessa Towers has come forward with allegations of abusive behavior against Wisconsin coach Marisa Moseley.
Towers made the allegations in a video posted to TikTok on Saturday which began circulating on X, formerly known as Twitter, the following day. In the video, Towers alleges a pattern of abusive behavior and toxic culture within the Wisconsin women's basketball program.
The Wisconsin athletic department provided the following statement to The Star Press:
"We are aware of comments shared online by former Badger student-athlete Tessa Towers and will be looking into this matter. We care deeply about the physical and mental well-being of all of the student-athletes on our teams, during and after their time on campus. While we would like to share additional context around Tessa’s comments, federal privacy laws prohibit us from publicly addressing the health-related claims made on Tessa’s social media account."
Towers, who transferred to Ball State after two seasons at Wisconsin, accused Moseley of making her sign a release form for Moseley to access her therapy sessions. She claims that Moseley and the UW staff threatened to kick her off the team on multiple occasions for a variety of reasons, including if she would not sign the release, if she mentioned thoughts of suicide or death to her therapist or if she did not admit herself to a mental hospital. Towers claims that Moseley often threatened her with, "I can take this opportunity away at any given moment."
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