Kyle Boehm Says 'Temporary Break' — Gym Owner Says '100% Banned'
Kyle Boehm, a 10th Planet black belt and 2022 ADCC West Coast Trials heavyweight winner, was banned from 10th Planet San Diego after a student reported harassment. That's according to gym owner Geo Martinez, who messaged the student directly: "I banned Kyle from the gym." Co-owner Sue confirmed it: "He is 100% banned from our schools."
Boehm sees it differently.
He posted a video saying he was "not kicked out" and was "temporarily taking a break from the gym." He said Geo "asked me to just lay low for a while," and added, "I'll be training back again there soon."
Two people who own the building say banned. The person who got banned says vacation.
Here's where Boehm's defense gets interesting. His explanation for what happened — the version where he did nothing wrong — includes this: "I texted her back, insulting her, basically calling her a b*tch, saying that she was immoral, that she wasn't going to find anyone."
Then he said: "That's literally all that I'm guilty of in this situation, is sending mean texts to another member of the gym."
Read that again. His own best-case scenario — the version of events where he's the victim — is that he called a woman at his gym a bitch and told her she was worthless. That's the defense. That's what "I didn't do anything wrong" looks like when you peel back the language.
He also described the situation as "I made the mistake of hooking up with a girl in the gym." Not "a fellow student" or "another adult." A girl in the gym.
The gym, to its credit, moved. They brought in outside HR, started implementing training, and began rewriting membership agreements to include harassment reporting requirements. On paper, that's progress.
But here's what actually happened: Jessie, the student who reported it, cancelled her membership anyway. "I no longer feel safe or welcome," she said.
So the gym banned the guy. The guy told the internet it was his choice. And the woman who spoke up — the one the system was supposed to protect — left.
The accused gets a platform to rewrite history in real time. The person who reported gets to find a new gym.
That's not a failure of one gym. Every academy in the sport should be reading this story and asking a very simple question: if this happened at your school, would the person who reported feel safe enough to stay?
If you don't know the answer, you don't have a policy. You have a website.
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