Atlanta-born Olympian Gabby Thomas, Coco Gauff say they're being stalked

PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 10: Gabbrielle Thomas of the United States reacts after the Women's 4x400m Relay final on day fifteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 10, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Steve Christo - Corbis/Corb

Atlanta-born triple Olympic gold medalist Gabby Thomas says there is a group of men out there stalking her, and she is ready to report them to the proper authorities.

Gabby Thomas says she's being stalked at the airport

What we know:

Thomas, 28, posted a series of videos on TikTok starting on Jan. 28 detailing what she has been experiencing.

"At this point, every time I travel, I'm afraid that these men – it's three to six of them, middle-aged – are going to show up and harass me," she said in the first video.

According to the professional track athlete, these unidentified men have shown up to her concourse, sometimes even up to her gate, asking that she sign a stack of photos of herself. If she refuses, she said the men "get really aggressive and hostile."

"What scares me is that they have my flight information even when I don't even know what time I'm flying out sometimes. I don't tell anyone my flight information," she said. "I've changed all my email passwords. I don't know if they're hacking me."

The Olympian shared three more TikTok videos showing glimpses of some of the men she claims have been harassing her at the airport.

Coco Gauff, Simone Biles, other Olympians say they're being stalked, too

What they're saying:

A plethora of other female athletes, including fellow Atlanta tennis player Coco Gauff, said they've endured similar treatment.

"This happens to me too, I don't how it happens. My theory is maybe someone at the airports tips them off," Gauff commented under one of Thomas' videos.

PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 10: Gabbrielle Thomas of the United States reacts after the Women's 4x400m Relay final on day fifteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 10, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Steve Christo - Corbis/Corb

"no same, I'm horrified of them… happens too often. I take pictures of them just incase," world-renowned gymnast Simone Biles replied.

"this has happened to me MULTIPLE times!! it is actually so scary," commented Olympic gymnast Sunisa Lee.

What we don't know:

The names of the men suspected of being involved have not been publicly released.

It's not clear whether these same individuals are also accused of targeting the female athletes who reached out to Thomas. It's also still not clear how they were allegedly getting information about Thomas' whereabouts and flights.

What's next:

"Thanks to TikTok, we were able to identify two of the guys, and so I could actually go to the police with names and they could actually help me," Thomas said in an update posted on Saturday.

"I definitely want to see repercussions for what is going on. I do not think it's okay for someone to be selling private information about anybody, no matter how public of a figure they are," she continued. "Nobody should feel unsafe traveling. No one should feel unsafe leaving their home."

The Source: All information about Gabby Thomas' allegations and quotes from fellow athletes claiming to have experienced something similar were extracted from a series of TikTok videos posted by Thomas. FOX 5 Atlanta streaming host and producer Judayah Murray reported on this story from Atlanta.

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