California college trustees face calls to resign for ‘OnlyFans’ crack about teen boys in swim briefs

Two California college board members are dealing with rising backlash after evaluating shirtless teen water polo gamers in school-issued Speedos to unique dancers and adult-content creators — with one outraged mother now demanding each resign over claims they “sexualized” minors.

Temecula Valley Unified College District Board President Joseph Komrosky and trustee Jennifer Wiersma got here beneath fireplace after weighing in on a photograph of six Temecula Valley Excessive College water polo gamers cheering on the baseball workforce with “B-E-A-R-S-!” written throughout their chests.

The athletes had been carrying their brown-and-yellow workforce swim briefs when the picture was posted to the highschool baseball workforce’s Instagram web page with the caption, “Our followers > higher than yours. GO BEARS.”

However the spirited school-pride submit shortly descended into controversy after Wiersma reposted the picture to her Instagram story and wrote: “Talking of gown code…are our groups now an ‘OnlyFans’ crew? Hats off to the children that stored their pants on.”

Komrosky additionally weighed in publicly, reposting the district’s imaginative and prescient assertion earlier than blasting the picture within the feedback part.

“In the event that they need to help the baseball workforce or another workforce, they will do it by merely saying they do and searching like professionals,” Komrosky wrote. “My concern is that I are not looking for them to seem like they’re in a sexually provocative strip tease trying like their one step near the Chippendales. We don’t want that in our faculty district in our group.”

The remarks sparked outrage amongst mother and father, together with Sharon Sardina, whose 17-year-old son was one of many gamers pictured.

“They don’t have the perfect curiosity of our children proper now,” Sardina informed the LA Occasions. “They’re placing our minors via lots by sexualizing them. I would like them to see the actual concern shouldn’t be about gown code. It’s about these two adults who’ve taken it to a subsequent degree and it’s sexual harassment at this level.”

Sardina mentioned the gamers had merely stopped by a baseball sport between swim meets on April 28 and revealed their workforce uniforms whereas cheering from the stands — one thing she mentioned is frequent for water polo athletes.

“The followers liked it, the workforce liked it, the baseball coach liked it,” Sardina beforehand mentioned. “Everyone liked the help and thought that was fairly cool as a result of that’s sometimes what water polo gamers do so far as cheering on their groups.”

Different mother and father and group members additionally blasted the trustees on-line.

“If that is the leap, you shouldn’t be round children,” Instagram person Stephanie Berry wrote in response to Komrosky’s feedback. “As a father or mother, it appears like swim boys playing around and supporting their buddies. I’ll pray on your deviant minds.”

On Tuesday evening, Sardina formally addressed the college board and referred to as on each trustees to resign.

“Tonight, I’m asking this Board to lastly acknowledge the seriousness of what has occurred, maintain the people concerned accountable, and perceive why so many people now not really feel we will belief the management that was supposed to guard our kids,” Sardina mentioned in a written public remark.

“I’m asking for accountability. I’m asking for integrity. And sure, I’m asking for resignation, as a result of management with out accountability shouldn’t be management in any respect.”

Sardina additionally claimed she was prevented from talking straight through the assembly as a result of board members needed to seek the advice of attorneys first.

In keeping with Sardina, Wiersma later posted an apology to her Instagram story — although she argued the disappearing 24-hour submit was not sufficient.

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Komrosky defended his remarks in a press release to the Occasions, saying he believed the picture violated district requirements.

“I’m positive these are superb children and that they didn’t intend to trigger hurt with this submit,” Komrosky mentioned. “Ultimately, I’d encourage them to ‘gown for achievement,’ as they are going to be our future leaders after they go away TVUSD.”

Sardina mentioned the controversy has already impacted her son, who was allegedly pulled from class to talk with the college principal concerning the picture.

“He doesn’t really feel like he can belief his college board members any longer,” Sardina mentioned. “Belief has been damaged however he is aware of he has lots of good individuals behind him and backing him up. If one thing’s not performed so far as reprimanding, what’s going to that do to him as a pupil? This might be very detrimental to somebody’s psychological standing.”

Komrosky and Wiersma had been a part of a conservative majority elected to the Temecula college board in 2022.

They beforehand backed a ban on vital race concept, a flag ban and a father or mother notification coverage. The latter two insurance policies had been rescinded in late 2024 after a public Employment Relations Board ruling.

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