Dude I just finished my 3rd year of undergrad and I could never imagine going to a high school dance. It takes a weird kind of person to still want to go to one of those that far removed from high school
I graduated with my master's last year. (Granted, I took a few years off to work) I walked around campus feeling like I still fit in and then it hit me one day: "I have a wife, kids, and a mortgage. The freshmen here see me as ancient. The seniors probably do too. I'm living in a different world than 80% of the campus. I'm officially old."
I was nearly 30 when I went back to school. I had a house and commuted, so I didn't really feel that awkward. At 32, though, I was living in a dorm room with a student under 21 during a summer internship while I owned a house 300 miles away. Talk about weird as fuck.
I work at MSU and had a punch in the gut "I'm old as fuck" when I saw the 9/11 remembrance message on [the Rock](https://virtualtour.msu.edu/tour/campus-highlights-tour/the-rock/) last fall and I realized none of the traditional aged undergrads and masters students *actually* remember 9/11... because they either were in diapers or not even born yet. I was a freshman in high school.
Imagine if the genders were flipped and this was somebody like Angel Reese or CC being estranged from their family by a man who was 24 going to senior prom and preying on a child.
My girlfriend knows this girl from high school and LAST SEASON was telling me "yea this girl I know dates one of the Duke players" imagine my shock when she said it was Filipowski. Then I thought "hold on we're like 26-27" and she was like "yep it's very weird". Crazy that it's coming out now
Apparently there’s an old Instagram post that’s gone around (as in, from when Kyle was like eleven) with her in it that suggests that they’re cousins. Couldn’t find it on short notice, but I’ll see if I can dig it up.
Don’t know if I actually believe that bit without more evidence, but it is apparently somehow mixed up with the rest of it.
From my knowledge (friends with people close to Duke basketball: friends, managers etc. but not gonna go more in depth cuz I ain’t revealing them), they aren’t biologically related but their aunt and uncle are married. That’s why she babysat him at a young age.
She sounds like an awful person and completely took advantage of a young man.
It’s not really the same thing and tangentially related at best, but I had a similar situation through a friend of a friend with the whole Zach Wilson/MILF ordeal.
Watching the news play out in real time was interesting…
Yea so her Instagram is floating Twitter and out of curiosity I checked it out and it’s true. She graduated from bama in 2018 and has prom pics with Kyle up from 2022
Her eyes give me the creeps. Guilty.
https://preview.redd.it/l231dt0w479d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3d9665c5cd45a90a632b8b77cce0bae6d77bdbc4
Nah, it's been known for at least a year. All of what's out there including the babysitter stuff. That's when I found out (from a UNC message board). Apparently it's been talked about on the duke boards for a little longer.
It's just so weird, thankfully, we didn't weaponize it. Honestly feel sorry for the kid.
Yeah, victim-blaming is gross. There's probably no helping him now, though. Either he dumps her or he doesn't. He's a man now and can make his own decisions.
Ah, fuck that. I went to the last one w K and was a part of the DUI chanting contingent. I think we should weaponize actual poor decisions the guys make after they’re out of HS.
Flip’s situation, on the other hand, shouldn’t be.
From my understanding (could be wrong) is that his teammates and coaching staff knew about it. If anything they should have done something.
And clearly his family knew. Evidentally from some duke fans on here their campus knew too.
I mean, in all seriousness, what should they have done? It’s not like any of them could force a breakup or do anything other than check in with him and make sure he knows he has a support system.
You're right. Couldn't do anything. It was more of a reply to an opposing fan base should have brought it up more publicly when clearly it wasn't that private of a secret to begin with.
P.R. at big school's are serious business. This was light work for them. Flip didn't commit the crime so it's easier to hide and deflect attention away.
Damn, this is just straight up terrible. Grooming is reprehensible, I really feel for the guy. Hope his family can get him back into a sense of normalcy.
Apparently he doesn’t speak with his family much anymore because of her. It’s sad, I really feel for him. Classic toxic significant other situation.
ETA: apparently it’s not even that he “doesn’t speak with his family much anymore” but he fully cut them off because of her, with a long goodbye letter and everything, according to one of his brothers. AND a friend of the brother said he cut off all his high school friends and coaches. No longer hangs with his college teammates either. Just fully cut off from everyone except her and her family. Fucking tragic.
Am I reading into this right? His draft stock *fell* because he was groomed as a minor?
Why he should suffer *any* negative consequences for this is beyond me
It sounds like he also did very poorly in interviews & workouts, I think it was more of a red flag that his judgement was so poor. 100% he is the victim in all this, but if you’re an NBA GM, it’s probably easier to pick a similar-quality prospect who WASN’T groomed and DOES have a relationship with his family than the alternative (which sucks to say, but is true)
It's probably just a thing you know is gonna become a bigger story with a bigger spotlight and if you're struggling with it in draft interviews it's probably gonna affect your ability to be your best self when you're actually in the league + getting way more attention
I'd feel really bad for him as an executive but also extremely concerned about how it's gonna impact the team to bring that situation into the locker room since based on everything I've seen it's pretty clearly a fucked up situation that will be blasted constantly in the media
They’re not dropping him **because** he was groomed, but because he’s in a toxic situation. Not “screw this guy for being a victim” and more “maybe let’s not invest in and attach ourselves to a toxic environment where a player is being actively manipulated”
Why would an NBA GM draft him higher because he's a grooming victim?
Why would an NBA team invite that kind of potential pr and locker room disaster into their org?
You serious?
It's unfortunate and he's a victim, but I could name 20 reasons why an NBA GM would start to consider passing on him. Especially first round.
The trauma from this can't be good for his mental state it's not his fault but these teams have a business to run and if this affects his game it's a problem for the team.
Coach K's on a vacation far away
Come over and talk it over
So many things that I wanna say
You know I like my girls a little bit older
I just wanna get drafted toniiiight
I really want to know how this didn’t get out earlier. I feel like this would have been a perfect basketball cheer for opposing fans to heckle, much less an actual grooming situation!
Whoever edited Wikipedia, they are absolutely brutal.
https://preview.redd.it/qmtxdrdjd89d1.jpeg?width=1792&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d6557426ca9b14939535c422d66991f11cd56874
Duke fans were not aware of this. As someone who just graduated from Duke, we always knew it was a weird situation with his girlfriend but that was the extent. This is news to us
I've seen some of the cheer sheets you guys print out before games. I don't know how you're able to find out a NC State bench player cheated on his 8th grade Spanish test, but not find out Flip was dating his own babysitter.
Fair enough. This whole situation is poorly timed. I’m just upset his family wasn’t talking about it earlier when people still had a chance to get him out of that cult. Poor guy.
I think it’s weird how students end up hearing much more than the general population. I’ve definitely heard more about select purdue players than would ever be in the news.
Not sure what you’re talking about? Duke C/O 2024 and we all knew about this — a lot of students were making jokes (albeit outside of Cameron) and thought how *weird* it was.
It was all over Duke YikYak/Sidechat too which spread out to other Duke meme social media accounts lol
Oh ya yik tak and side chat were popping off. Of course we knew how absolutely weird it was. What i meant was that we didnt know about the family cutting off all communications
Oh yeah that information just came out, but tbf when we would watch the games in Cameron this past two years my friends and I observed that his family was always sitting away from his girlfriend in the audience. we reached a conclusion that they probably didn’t like her but not by THIS much
Biggest sports girlfriend story since Manti Teo. In both cases, brutal to hear about, especially for the guy in question. In both cases, probably a lot of jokes being made that don’t need to be made
I’m a Duke student, and this has been common knowledge on campus for the past couple of years. Whenever he’s playing badly, people will joke about needing to get him out of his child marriage.
Also, she was his babysitter and we’re unsure if they’re cousins or not. It’s heavily debated.
Hollup it sounds like he's legit a victim wtf. Seems like she knew he was an amazing prospect and just hitched a ride to $$$$. That's fuckin crazy and I feel bad for Kyle because I'm sure to him it seems normal. Absolutely was groomed.
Not a Dukie, but I’m guessing that he kept it on the down-low and it got awkward when he would not answer whether or not he had sex with her under the age of consent where he’s from. He’s a year older than most college students of his class (not necessarily college players), but if he was with her during his junior year, there might be statutory rape concerns. Also, because he has cut off his parents, who would have been able to sue the woman if said sex occurred when he was a minor, it probably raises some eyebrows about his trustworthiness over statements relating to whether he had the sex. Culture is important to teams, so having a player perceived as a soft flopper who might not be honest and theoretically could be asked to testify in a trial at any point until the statute of limitations expires would be detrimental. Also, they both could be convicted for statutory rape and he wouldn’t have his family to stand up for him.
He must have been tall and skilled at the age he started seeing her and his parents probably (rightfully) believe she is a gold digger.
She was also (supposedly) his baby sitter growing up and his aunt is married to her uncle. His family members are starting to talk about it online.
Very weird situation and feel really bad for some of the parties involved. She sounds like a horrendous person.
Imagine being a rockstar for two years at Duke while your almost 30 y.o. GF keeps you from going out with teammates or enjoying the rarity of that experience.
Good thing about playing for Duke is you don’t have to play against the loser goons who do all that research into what an opposing players college GPA is.
This makes so much sense now. I've heard a lot of murmurs around the Duke program about cultural issues and ppl not gelling last couple years, and the fact the star wasn't allowed to attend team social events explains a lot...
Imagine getting your masters and then going to a prom
Dude I just finished my 3rd year of undergrad and I could never imagine going to a high school dance. It takes a weird kind of person to still want to go to one of those that far removed from high school
I graduated with my master's last year. (Granted, I took a few years off to work) I walked around campus feeling like I still fit in and then it hit me one day: "I have a wife, kids, and a mortgage. The freshmen here see me as ancient. The seniors probably do too. I'm living in a different world than 80% of the campus. I'm officially old."
I was nearly 30 when I went back to school. I had a house and commuted, so I didn't really feel that awkward. At 32, though, I was living in a dorm room with a student under 21 during a summer internship while I owned a house 300 miles away. Talk about weird as fuck.
I work at MSU and had a punch in the gut "I'm old as fuck" when I saw the 9/11 remembrance message on [the Rock](https://virtualtour.msu.edu/tour/campus-highlights-tour/the-rock/) last fall and I realized none of the traditional aged undergrads and masters students *actually* remember 9/11... because they either were in diapers or not even born yet. I was a freshman in high school.
Have you considered $$$? NBA is very lucrative.
Someone who wants a millionaire manchild.
Millionaire Manchild is a solid band name
Takes a gold digger (cousin) who saw his ranking and future success as a golden ticket
Imagine if the genders were flipped and this was somebody like Angel Reese or CC being estranged from their family by a man who was 24 going to senior prom and preying on a child.
i mean it’d be bad too but it’s not like anyone thinks this isn’t weird. regardless of genders this is insanely bizarre
The Utah Jazz subreddit is more upset at his family for bringing this up and at the Mormon slander than the rest of the situation lol
Our fanbase is never beating the allegations, it's so rough lmaooo
Mormons are so fucking weird.
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Wait till r/MMA tells you all about Pat Berry and Rose Namajunas.
Or aspen ladd…or the shevchenkos….mma is rife with coach grooming.
Jerry Seinfeld went to his girlfriend’s prom… when he was 40.
I missed that episode
"What's the deal with a corsage?" *cue bass lick*
More people should know this fact about him and treat him accordingly.
I knew about the age gap, but he actually went to her prom?
No
Imagine expecting to get laid on prom night, only for your middle aged girlfriend to say "sorry we can only Soak."
Just because you started losing your hair at 26 doesn't mean 26 is middle age
My girlfriend knows this girl from high school and LAST SEASON was telling me "yea this girl I know dates one of the Duke players" imagine my shock when she said it was Filipowski. Then I thought "hold on we're like 26-27" and she was like "yep it's very weird". Crazy that it's coming out now
And you never thought to share that information with us?! /s
Ban him!
String him up by his toenails and flog him with pool noodles!
Make him watch NC State v Va Tech on repeat!
I think even this Supreme Court would unanimously agree that’s cruel and unusual.
Jokes on you, he's a closet Wisconsin fan!
It’s Alabama, the only weird part is they weren’t related
Well . . .
About that.
Wait are they??
Apparently there’s an old Instagram post that’s gone around (as in, from when Kyle was like eleven) with her in it that suggests that they’re cousins. Couldn’t find it on short notice, but I’ll see if I can dig it up. Don’t know if I actually believe that bit without more evidence, but it is apparently somehow mixed up with the rest of it.
From my knowledge (friends with people close to Duke basketball: friends, managers etc. but not gonna go more in depth cuz I ain’t revealing them), they aren’t biologically related but their aunt and uncle are married. That’s why she babysat him at a young age. She sounds like an awful person and completely took advantage of a young man.
Get your girlfriend in this thread right now! We need answers
I, too choose this guy's girlfriend.
For answers, to be clear, absolutely nothing beyond answers
Well almost. It's nothing beyond an...
It’s not really the same thing and tangentially related at best, but I had a similar situation through a friend of a friend with the whole Zach Wilson/MILF ordeal. Watching the news play out in real time was interesting…
Yea so her Instagram is floating Twitter and out of curiosity I checked it out and it’s true. She graduated from bama in 2018 and has prom pics with Kyle up from 2022
Her eyes give me the creeps. Guilty. https://preview.redd.it/l231dt0w479d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3d9665c5cd45a90a632b8b77cce0bae6d77bdbc4
She got Krystal Koons eyes
As a nova native this resonates with me HARD
Was not expecting to see this reference today
And from a Oklahoma/Purdue flair, no less.
Wouldn’t have expected this reference at all.
I understand this on such a level omg.
that hits too close to home
I get this reference!
Wtfffff this is so weird
Gets worse https://preview.redd.it/qsxklxr1779d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ebaaf08d48645af6efa69274942b157e01408a8d
It’s like someone installed her eyes upside down
Fucked up the CSS
Vietnam flashbacks (to last week)
Omg 😂😂😂😂😂
Crosseyed & Painless
What in the fuck is going on with them
she look like this https://i.imgur.com/C9WVXWE.jpeg
The caption oh my god?
This can’t possibly get any worse can it?
Oh, I bet it can. Especially if Flip's (estranged) family starts speaking out more.
apparently she babysitted him and theres pictures together of them when he was like 12 so...could be much worse
Allegedly she’s also his cousin so it can and did
Her eyes terrify me here
She definitely has crazy eyes. If he’s smart he’ll get a prenup
She probably prepared for that back in his high school days
They are screaming trad wife influencer
Bet she wasn’t smiling that big when he missed the 1st Round money for her.
Liked by Andre Kirilenko lmao
What high school allows people over the age of 20 to attend their prom?
I'm assuming it was a private high school. Rich people.
Twitter saying she was his childhood babysitter…
His mom and brother's tweets have been eye opening.
Screenshot them
https://x.com/rotosurgeon/status/1806424983918477606?s=46&t=d_ws7dGcvAGeDfWDHndG1g
What in the fuck
If true it’s absolutely fucking crazy that he got drafted to the Jazz of all teams
damnn. messed up. unironically wonder if someone on the Jazz can help him out. needs some guidance, especially if he’s lost contact with his family
You think the team in Utah is gonna do absolutely anything about a crazy Mormon grooming debacle? If anything it factors in to why they like him lol
Ron Swanson/Tammy One situation
!!!
She was there the day he was born and she intends to be there the day he dies.
Holy shit, seriously? This is insane if it’s all true
She’s put in the work Time to cash out
Jesus christ
No, it's more so Joseph Smith
Dum dum dum dum dum
But only I can see the stones... Plus I forgot where I buried them. Dum dum dum
Guess who drafted him
Hey now
Digging for gold in more ways than one
That second round money
Just full-on grooming if that’s the case. She should be in jail if that’s real.
She’s Mormon so tough to pin on her without sex.
I don’t think theres anything actual criminal to this
Not only was he in HS after she had a graduate degree, allegedly she was his babysitter when he was younger 💀
This man is an actual victim.
Yeah if this isn’t grooming I’m not sure what is
This is fucked and sad. I’m sure parts of our fan base are gonna run wild though
Your fan base is slacking for not finding out sooner. So many missed opportunities the last 2 years
Nah, it's been known for at least a year. All of what's out there including the babysitter stuff. That's when I found out (from a UNC message board). Apparently it's been talked about on the duke boards for a little longer. It's just so weird, thankfully, we didn't weaponize it. Honestly feel sorry for the kid.
Yeah, victim-blaming is gross. There's probably no helping him now, though. Either he dumps her or he doesn't. He's a man now and can make his own decisions.
2 years ago at the duke game I remember people were shouting at flip “where’s your babysitter”
Ah, fuck that. I went to the last one w K and was a part of the DUI chanting contingent. I think we should weaponize actual poor decisions the guys make after they’re out of HS. Flip’s situation, on the other hand, shouldn’t be.
Yea. As much as I think he’s insufferable, I’m glad this is only coming out after he’s gone so some in our camp didn’t weaponize it
Feels like maybe publicizing it would get the situation dissolved
I don’t think Kyle is gonna listen to UNC fans trying to embarrass him during a game for dating advice.
From my understanding (could be wrong) is that his teammates and coaching staff knew about it. If anything they should have done something. And clearly his family knew. Evidentally from some duke fans on here their campus knew too.
I mean, in all seriousness, what should they have done? It’s not like any of them could force a breakup or do anything other than check in with him and make sure he knows he has a support system.
You're right. Couldn't do anything. It was more of a reply to an opposing fan base should have brought it up more publicly when clearly it wasn't that private of a secret to begin with.
We knew a long time ago. It has been on IC for a while and rumors of the issues she caused in the program.
It was on IC last year. I honestly think most people just didn't want to dig too far into it because it's pretty gross.
P.R. at big school's are serious business. This was light work for them. Flip didn't commit the crime so it's easier to hide and deflect attention away.
We should have realized something was up by the lack of camera shots of his mom at games.
 HUH?!?
Damn, this is just straight up terrible. Grooming is reprehensible, I really feel for the guy. Hope his family can get him back into a sense of normalcy.
Apparently he doesn’t speak with his family much anymore because of her. It’s sad, I really feel for him. Classic toxic significant other situation. ETA: apparently it’s not even that he “doesn’t speak with his family much anymore” but he fully cut them off because of her, with a long goodbye letter and everything, according to one of his brothers. AND a friend of the brother said he cut off all his high school friends and coaches. No longer hangs with his college teammates either. Just fully cut off from everyone except her and her family. Fucking tragic.
Am I reading into this right? His draft stock *fell* because he was groomed as a minor? Why he should suffer *any* negative consequences for this is beyond me
Right?? Shows he’s coachable /s obviously in case it’s needed
I’m going to hell for laughing so hard at this.
Same 😂😂😂
So glad I scrolled this entire thread to get to this comment.
hooooly shit lmao
Supposedly he didn't handle it well when teams asked about it and that affected his interviews
It sounds like he also did very poorly in interviews & workouts, I think it was more of a red flag that his judgement was so poor. 100% he is the victim in all this, but if you’re an NBA GM, it’s probably easier to pick a similar-quality prospect who WASN’T groomed and DOES have a relationship with his family than the alternative (which sucks to say, but is true)
It's probably just a thing you know is gonna become a bigger story with a bigger spotlight and if you're struggling with it in draft interviews it's probably gonna affect your ability to be your best self when you're actually in the league + getting way more attention I'd feel really bad for him as an executive but also extremely concerned about how it's gonna impact the team to bring that situation into the locker room since based on everything I've seen it's pretty clearly a fucked up situation that will be blasted constantly in the media
His interviews weren’t good and he seemed super nervous according to sources
The more likely reason he fell is because he was the only player in the draft to have a wingspan shorter than his height.
They’re not dropping him **because** he was groomed, but because he’s in a toxic situation. Not “screw this guy for being a victim” and more “maybe let’s not invest in and attach ourselves to a toxic environment where a player is being actively manipulated”
Why would an NBA GM draft him higher because he's a grooming victim? Why would an NBA team invite that kind of potential pr and locker room disaster into their org? You serious? It's unfortunate and he's a victim, but I could name 20 reasons why an NBA GM would start to consider passing on him. Especially first round.
The trauma from this can't be good for his mental state it's not his fault but these teams have a business to run and if this affects his game it's a problem for the team.
Coach K's on a vacation far away Come over and talk it over So many things that I wanna say You know I like my girls a little bit older I just wanna get drafted toniiiight
For those who haven’t seen: https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1dq0d4f/givony_on_kyle_filipowski_nba_teams_are_talking/
I really want to know how this didn’t get out earlier. I feel like this would have been a perfect basketball cheer for opposing fans to heckle, much less an actual grooming situation!
Mormon Mafia about to come for you.
It's easy to get away from them, you just run inside a Starbucks.
Nah, we're on the same page here
Yeah this is gross.
How didn't this end up on one of those student section ~~harassment~~ cheer sheets?
As a Duke student, we all had heard this. There were even rumors that she used to babysit him. We all think it’s gross as hell
Whoever edited Wikipedia, they are absolutely brutal. https://preview.redd.it/qmtxdrdjd89d1.jpeg?width=1792&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d6557426ca9b14939535c422d66991f11cd56874
The President of France is unimpressed.
Duke fans were not aware of this. As someone who just graduated from Duke, we always knew it was a weird situation with his girlfriend but that was the extent. This is news to us
I've seen some of the cheer sheets you guys print out before games. I don't know how you're able to find out a NC State bench player cheated on his 8th grade Spanish test, but not find out Flip was dating his own babysitter.
I mean oddly enough we’re usually more interested in finding new ways to heckle opposing players than finding dirt on our own guys.
Makes sense. This is really an indictment on all of the opposition fans for not finding this out.
Oh we knew she was his babysitter. "Weird Situation". Didn't know any of the family issues
How did this not get out with the babysitter stuff beforehand? This is insane.
Everyone knew there was some odd shit going on. I remember saying to friends “oh he’s definitely getting groomed” but like half meaning it as a joke.
Fair enough. This whole situation is poorly timed. I’m just upset his family wasn’t talking about it earlier when people still had a chance to get him out of that cult. Poor guy.
This is crazy to me. Star player and this never came up once? What a time to be
I think it’s weird how students end up hearing much more than the general population. I’ve definitely heard more about select purdue players than would ever be in the news.
How is it weird that people that directly see and interact with these athletes everyday know more then the general population
Sorry. Let me be more clear. I think it’s weird that this stuff doesn’t make its way out. Not that it’s weird we hear stuff.
Ditto. Granted, I graduated in 2023. This is news to me.
Not sure what you’re talking about? Duke C/O 2024 and we all knew about this — a lot of students were making jokes (albeit outside of Cameron) and thought how *weird* it was. It was all over Duke YikYak/Sidechat too which spread out to other Duke meme social media accounts lol
Damn I'm old. YikYak and Sidechat sound made up to me.
Yikyak was a thing when I was in college back in like 2012. I’m just surprised to hear it’s still around
Oh ya yik tak and side chat were popping off. Of course we knew how absolutely weird it was. What i meant was that we didnt know about the family cutting off all communications
Oh yeah that information just came out, but tbf when we would watch the games in Cameron this past two years my friends and I observed that his family was always sitting away from his girlfriend in the audience. we reached a conclusion that they probably didn’t like her but not by THIS much
Ah good observation, I never noticed that. To be honest I was always piss drunk with ski goggles on focusing on yelling
I never thought I’d hear something that would make me feel for Filipowski, but man……….I do not love this for him.
You can bet the Jazz were salivating
Hey, at least she’s real.
Manti Teo's girlfriend joke was not on my NBA Draft bingo card.
At first i was disappointed our fans didn't pick up on this. But then again this is creepy as fuck and that kid needs help
Probably didn’t even get to hit it yet either lol
Bro this is whole situation is reading like some insane UNC fan’s shitpost lmao
1. Crazy Duke kept this under wraps 2. C’mon UNC how the fuck did you not figure this out and attack it. That’s your job.
He still intentionally tripped Harrison Ingram
Some people invest in Nvidia some in teenage boys
When these kids get drafted, all these hangers on come out of the woodwork. Can’t they just let him soak it in?
She's 26. ;) Also, according to his estranged brother he's being "indoctrinated" into Mormon culture. And now the Jazz drafted him... ... ...
He owes lemonade money to the wrong people and is now in too deep.
She is 28. Started dating him when she was 26
Holy shit this girl has been playing the long game
Biggest sports girlfriend story since Manti Teo. In both cases, brutal to hear about, especially for the guy in question. In both cases, probably a lot of jokes being made that don’t need to be made
I’m a Duke student, and this has been common knowledge on campus for the past couple of years. Whenever he’s playing badly, people will joke about needing to get him out of his child marriage. Also, she was his babysitter and we’re unsure if they’re cousins or not. It’s heavily debated.
Hollup it sounds like he's legit a victim wtf. Seems like she knew he was an amazing prospect and just hitched a ride to $$$$. That's fuckin crazy and I feel bad for Kyle because I'm sure to him it seems normal. Absolutely was groomed.
Not a Dukie, but I’m guessing that he kept it on the down-low and it got awkward when he would not answer whether or not he had sex with her under the age of consent where he’s from. He’s a year older than most college students of his class (not necessarily college players), but if he was with her during his junior year, there might be statutory rape concerns. Also, because he has cut off his parents, who would have been able to sue the woman if said sex occurred when he was a minor, it probably raises some eyebrows about his trustworthiness over statements relating to whether he had the sex. Culture is important to teams, so having a player perceived as a soft flopper who might not be honest and theoretically could be asked to testify in a trial at any point until the statute of limitations expires would be detrimental. Also, they both could be convicted for statutory rape and he wouldn’t have his family to stand up for him. He must have been tall and skilled at the age he started seeing her and his parents probably (rightfully) believe she is a gold digger.
Unless I am missing something, why would there be reason for *him* to be convicted in this case?
You think he, a Mormon convert, and his Mormon girlfriend were having sex when he was in HS? I mean, maybe I guess.
Mormons have sex all the time lol. Definitely don’t look up soaking
You know, several times Kyle just looked miserable this season. Other Duke fans commented on this and I saw it as well. Puzzle pieces adding up
She was also (supposedly) his baby sitter growing up and his aunt is married to her uncle. His family members are starting to talk about it online. Very weird situation and feel really bad for some of the parties involved. She sounds like a horrendous person.
**She was his BABYSITTER** **She's literally been grooming him since he was 13**
Imagine being a rockstar for two years at Duke while your almost 30 y.o. GF keeps you from going out with teammates or enjoying the rarity of that experience.
Now reverse the sexs and he's not drafted and calls for him to be in jail are raining from the sky lol
Well damn
Good thing about playing for Duke is you don’t have to play against the loser goons who do all that research into what an opposing players college GPA is.
This makes so much sense now. I've heard a lot of murmurs around the Duke program about cultural issues and ppl not gelling last couple years, and the fact the star wasn't allowed to attend team social events explains a lot...
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