Conservative activist Riley Gaines told the Washington Examiner she will speak with an alleged victim involved in West Virginia v. B.P.J. on Wednesday, saying it is “really important” to give her a voice.
West Virginia v. B.P.J. is one of two pivotal cases the Supreme Court will hear arguments for on Tuesday, as both could shape the future of women’s sports and limitations on biological women in the . Gaines, one of the more recognizable advocates of women’s sports, told the Washington Examiner that her next guest on The Riley Gaines Show is “a young girl” who claims to have been sexually harassed by one of the defendants in West Virginia v. B.P.J.
“She [the alleged victim] alleges that this male athlete, Becky, made some pretty horrific comments towards her,” Gaines told the Washington Examiner. “She lost out on a championship spot because of this athlete, and so providing her a voice ties into the larger context of what we’re fighting for, I think, is really important.”
Gaines said she is “super excited” about the Supreme Court arguments on Wednesday, as it “feels like the culmination of everything we’ve been working towards.” She said a favorable outcome from these arguments would be allowing states to pass “some sort of fairness in women’s sports law.”
“It’s crazy that that’s something that has to be heard by the Supreme Court, but nonetheless necessary,” Gaines said.
Gaines predicts “a good outcome in June” from these arguments, with the final Supreme Court justices tally, “based on past rulings,” coming to 6-3, and “with a pretty scathing liberal dissent.” She suggested some of the justices fall on “the other side” of the debate about including transgender athletes in women’s sports, citing Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s inability to define the term “woman” during her confirmation hearing in April 2022.
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The Supreme Court will hear arguments in both Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J., beginning at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Washington, D.C.
Gaines’s show was rebranded at the start of this year to expand the topics she discusses with her guests. Her first guest on the renewed show was Nick Shirley, who spoke with Gaines about his investigation into Minnesota’s fraud scandal.