Jame’s Patrick just announce that he’s closing Slam Academy here in Minneapolis. The reason he is doing so me because a chorus of former students and employees speaking of sexual misconduct and sexual harassment at the school have reached a critical mass here in Minneapolis that was unable to be ignored.
It’s not clearly stated in this statement, so to be perfectly clear, the “inappropriate behavior”, the “conduct falling short of professional boundaries” and the “failure” is all James Patrick.
I’m sharing this here simply so that it is on record. As of right now Slam Academy (James Patrick) is still offering a retreat for students to his family’s Mexican home/compound in Cozumel (they recently moved there), and he surely will be continuing to stay active as a teacher in this community under the Slam Academy umbrella. There has not been any indication given to this Minneapolis community that this behavior will continue, nor has there been any accountability taken with the community the victims of his and his wife’s behavior and actions.