Having sex with another man in a ski mask, smoking meth
A transgender high school tennis coach who, despite complaints of inappropriate behavior, was rehired due to concerns of “transphobia,” has now resigned after a pair of videos surfaced of him engaged in vulgar behavior.
David Yates (pictured), who goes by “Sasha,” got his job back via a 6-2 vote by the Gettysburg Area School District board last summer.
Yates had been dismissed after various complaints, including “changing in and ‘walking through’ the girls’ locker room,” and “talk[ing] to students about undergarment preferences and menstruation.”
But he later reapplied for his coaching position, and a solicitor recommended he be rehired — else the district could face a lawsuit.
Many in the local community favored Yates’ rehiring, claiming transphobia was behind his firing in the first place.
But as The Daily Wire reports today, many of Yates’ supporters now “have gone silent.”
That’s because board member Michelle Smyers received an email late last month containing a pair of videos along with the message “Thought you might find it interesting how your high school tennis coach spends her weekends.”
In one video, screenshots of which were reviewed by The Daily Wire, [Yates] appears to be smoking meth, with the assistance of a woman, and asks, “Am I a good meth whore?” In another, Yates — a middle-aged British man — is seen bent over a counter wearing a black bra and having sex with a man wearing a ski mask.
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Smyers said that around the same time as the email, she received a text message from Yates’ number which said “I have information about Sasha Yates that you need to know.”
A follow-up text stated “This is Sasha Yates… I know what the video shows and I’m prepared to step down as Head Coach for tennis at the end of the girls season, which will be this Thursday.”
Yates declined to comment when contacted by The Daily Wire.
Smyers, one of the board who had voted against rehiring Yates, said other board members had “privately agreed that Yates should not work in a school, but they were afraid to say so publicly” out of fear of being labeled “intolerant.”
Smyers said she personally was called a “bigot,” “Nazi,” “KKKaren,” and “racist.”
Yates’ resignation officially took effect September 30 and cited “ongoing health reasons.” The district has yet to offer comment, and Smyers said she thinks officials never will apologize for keeping Yates employed.
“No, they won’t say a word,” she told Reduxx. “They are probably hoping I don’t say a word, and if I do they will chastise me and say this is a personnel issue and I shouldn’t talk about it.”
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