NAVARRO - A North Texas school known for its inconceivable cheer program is being sued by a previous team promoter, CBS DFW reports. The now 20-year-old says he was sedated and sexually attacked by an associate mentor.
"Living in fear is … presumably the hardest part," he said. "Simply the pictures, the recollections, you can never shake them."
He enlisted at Navarro College in 2015 wanting to win a national cheerleading title. He and his family met Andre McGee the main day.
"Everyone stated, 'Gracious you're one of the new team promoters. Andre takes incredible care of you young men,'" said the team promoter's mom. "All grounds police, the man who was accountable for the dormitories, they all knew Andre."
On the web, the 40-year-old McGee called himself the "right hand cheer mentor" and "#1 spotter" at Navarro College. His Twitter profile gladly announced he was "closest companions with" and "right hand" to head cheer mentor Monica Aldama. In a few online networking posts, McGee alludes to himself as an "intense enormous" who is "pleased with his littles."
The affirmed casualty said the photos don't recount the entire story. In his common claim against McGee and Navarro College, he said McGee would "slap and hit male team promoters" and influence them "to drop their jeans at his summon." He asserted McGee had many bare photos of the team promoters and would drive the new kids on the block to "drink as well as devour drugs," calling it "young lady recreations."
As indicated by the suit, in October 2015 McGee constrained the affirmed casualty to take Xanax. He said he later "stirred to McGee sodomizing him." He said he remained calm in regards to the asserted attack since despite everything he longed for winning a title. Be that as it may, after three months he called police.
CBS DFW acquired the police report, which demonstrates a moment team promoter making comparable cases. That team promoter did not have any desire to chat on the record for this story, yet lawyers for the primary team promoter trust others will approach.
"We have addressed different casualties for this situation," said Lacey Turley Most. "Furthermore, we've gotten notification from different team promoters that there were different casualties."
The team promoter said he likewise revealed the ambush to Navarro College and Monica Aldama. That is the point at which he learned McGee did not work for the school.
"We were absolutely under the feeling that he was the right hand mentor," said the team promoter's mom. A Navarro College representative later disclosed to CBS DFW "McGee was permitted to volunteer with the Navarro Cheer program," including that once the school scholarly of the affirmation, "the school told him that he could never again volunteer." You can read Navarro's full articulations beneath.
The charged casualty and his family said there was no sign that McGee was just a volunteer.
"The young men needed to reply to him day in and day out," said the team promoter's mom. "He needed to have their timetable, so he knew precisely what classes they were in, when."
Navarro County arraigned McGee on a charge of rape in March 2017, however for the following ten months the case slowed down. That is the reason the mother says she connected with the I-Team. "It's taken far too long," she stated, saying her child "feels like he's less vital in light of the fact that he's a kid."
We reached the head prosecutor's office to inquire as to why the greater part of McGee's court hearings had been crossed out. The DA, Lowell Thompson, said they were sitting tight for McGee to be discharged from the Freestone County imprison on another charge. Be that as it may, when the I-Team called the correctional facility, we were told there was no other charge, and McGee had never been in the slammer.
We discovered McGee substitute instructing at Fairfield ISD. Two days after we handed-off that data to Thompson, police captured McGee. Thompson later told the I-Team he had been given "terrible data" about McGee's whereabouts.
McGee showed up in December. He, his mom and his minister all stood firm. His mom told the judge McGee had "been around kids as long as he can remember," while his minister said he "worked with the choir … and Sunday school classes." All of them denied the assertions.
While the criminal case is pushing ahead, the team promoter's family is additionally seeking after a common claim against McGee and Navarro College. Head mentor Monica Aldama isn't a litigant, yet she is over and over named as a major aspect of the suit. She declined to be met for this story however sent CBS DFW an announcement.
"I have never and could never endure lewd behavior or sexual manhandle in the Navarro College cheer program," the announcement peruses to a limited extent. "I would not stay quiet in the event that I knew that any sexual wrongdoing were happening in the cheer program. Furthermore, I don't acknowledge or excuse unlawful medication and liquor use by Navarro cheer colleagues. Andre McGee volunteered as a partner for the cheer group. He was never a partner mentor and never had specialist over the group or cheer colleagues. The team promoter who has blamed Mr. McGee … never made any protestation to me. When I learned of the charges against Mr. McGee, I guaranteed that he had no further contact with the Navarro College cheer group."
The I-Team additionally connected with more than 30 present and previous Navarro College team promoters. Seven upheld McGee and said they had never seen any unseemly conduct. Two go down the team promoter's cases of preliminaries and sexually improper conduct. The rest did not react to the I-Team's inquiries.
Cindy said her child is as yet managing the aftermath of the charged strike.
"The dread of that man … and what has transpired has recently pounded him on a passionate level that none of us can get it."
The team promoter said the claim is in regards to helping other people. "I simply don't need it to transpire else."
Navarro College's first explanation:
"Andre McGee went to Navarro College as an understudy from 1995 until 2000 and partook in the College's cheerleading program. From November 2003 through June 2004, Navarro College utilized Mr. McGee as a Resident Advisor ("RA"). This was the main time Navarro College utilized Mr. McGee. Navarro College never utilized Mr. McGee in its cheerleading program and never utilized Mr. McGee as an Assistant Coach. Mr. McGee was not associated with Navarro College at all at the season of the capture referenced in your email.
The wellbeing and welfare of understudies is of most extreme need to Navarro College. The College denies sexual wrongdoing, including any demonstrations of a sexual sort against a person without assent. Navarro College has solid strategies and systems for announcing, researching, and reacting to all assertions of inappropriate behavior and rape. Navarro College stays focused on the anticipation and recognition of inappropriate behavior and mishandle. Endless supply of a report with respect to sexual unfortunate behavior, Navarro College explores the issue and acts quickly to give a proper reaction."
Navarro College's second explanation:
"As beforehand expressed, Andre McGee was not a Navarro College worker. It is the College's understanding that Mr. McGee was permitted to volunteer with the Navarro Cheer program. The College did not remunerate Mr. McGee for whenever he volunteered. When Navarro College was made mindful of any claim of offense by Mr. McGee, the College told him that he could never again volunteer for Navarro Cheer.
This issue is the subject of an at present pending claim. Navarro College does not remark on pending prosecution. Navarro College denies all wrongdoing regarding the assertions against Mr. McGee. Any further proclamation by the College will be made by the College's lawyers in the claim."
Monica Aldama's full proclamation:
"I am amazed and dampened by the cases made about me. These charges are completely false. I look after the security and prosperity of every last Navarro College team promoter with whom I have worked throughout the years. I am to a great degree glad for all that our group has accomplished.
I have never and could never endure inappropriate behavior or sexual manhandle in the Navarro College cheer program. I would not stay noiseless in the event that I knew that any sexual offense were happening in the cheer program. What's more, I don't acknowledge or excuse unlawful medication and liquor use by Navarro cheer colleagues. As cheer colleagues know, I have a zero resilience strategy toward unlawful medication and liquor utilize and have restrained understudies for disregarding that arrangement.
Andre McGee volunteered as an assistant for the cheer group. He was never a collaborator mentor and never had specialist over the group or cheer colleagues. The team promoter who has charged Mr. McGee of rape never revealed to me that he experienced any lewd behavior or sexual mishandle while an understudy at Navarro College. He never made any objection to me about Mr. McGee. At the point when Navarro College wound up noticeably mindful of the team promoter's assertions, it restricted Mr. McGee from volunteering for the cheer group. When I learned of the claims against Mr. McGee, I guaranteed that he had no further contact with the Navarro College cheer group."
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