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Coastal Carolina suspends cheerleaders after prostitution claim
Coastal Carolina has suspended its cheerleaders after the school's president received an anonymous letter, which alleged that members of the team participated in prostitution, purchasing alcohol for underage team members, and paying others to do their homework.
The cheerleaders were confronted by police at practice and taken in for questioning on Wednesday evening, per a report from WMBF.
Via WMBF:According to the cheerleader, the team was met by police outside the HTC Center after practice, who called the names of individual team members, and took them to CCU’s police station for questioning. During the questioning, the cheerleader said police searched through their cell phones. She said officers then told them they could leave around 11 p.m., after telling them they did nothing wrong.
Despite no charges, the school's administration has removed the cheerleading team from its website. The squad has also been barred from participating in an upcoming national competition on April 4 while the investigation proceeds.
Some parents of the cheerleaders took to social media to express their displeasure with the school's decision.
Through an open records request, WMBF tried to obtain communication from the school related to the investigation. However, the request was denied by Coastal Carolina's open records office due to what it called an ongoing investigation. The cheerleaders are suspended indefinitely.