Lia Thomas teammate breaks her silence - Penn ‘wanted us to be quiet’

The University of Pennsylvania wanted to silence dissent amongst the women’s swim team when it came to William “Lia” Thomas, according to Paula Scanlan, a former Penn swimmer.

Scanlan previously spoke anonymously to Matt Walsh for his “What is a Woman?” film, but recently decided to identify herself for another interview with the Daily Wire host. She graduated from Penn in 2022.

She said that Penn “wanted us to be quiet” about any criticism of Thomas joining the women’s team, which included being in the locker room as female athletes undressed. Scanlan revealed that the female swimmers first learned about Thomas joining the women’s team after he led a meeting in September 2019 where he explained he would begin competing as a woman.