A man who attended the same elite Melbourne private school as Jordan De Goey has burned his blazer in protest against the institution’s ‘patriarchal culture’ after the player was arrested in New York over assault allegations.
James Robinson, a former pupil of St Kevin’s College in Toorak, has taken to social media with a catalogue of accusations against the all-boys Catholic high school, claiming the halls are rife with toxic masculinity, homophobia, and bullying.
Detailing the years spent at his alma mater, Mr Robinson said he was left suicidal at 15 after being unwillingly ‘outed’ by peers as homosexual and witnessed fellow students engaging in vile acts towards women.
In the wake of the charges laid against De Goey, Mr Robinson – who also now calls the Big Apple home – this week decided to stage a ‘protest’ on the college’s grounds by taking a lighter to his old uniform.
‘I broke into the school yesterday to protest.Something snapped in me this time,’ he wrote on Instagram, sharing photos of his flame-licked blazer.