Former UH volleyball star, Lily Kahumoku, now Lily Olteanu, has gone public to deny a rumor that she had been impregnated by then-football coach June Jones while she was a student athlete.

The possibility that Jones might return to UH brought caused the old rumor to resurface and drew Olteanu’s public comments.

Last week, Big Island blogger Damon Tucker published two emails from Olteanu, one dating back to 2011, in which she tackles the rumor head on, calling it “bullshit.”

For years, these rumors have hurt my family and loved ones. On countless occasions I thought about “clearing the air” on my own forum in one of my blogs. But I never did, it’s a Catch 22. If I say it never happened, which it didn’t (I don’t even know Coach Jones personally), there will be crazies out there who will still think whatever they want.

She added: “It simply isn’t fair that my family has suffers over something like this.”

Read Damon Tucker’s blog post on the matter (“Lily Kahumoku Speaks Out About Coach June Jones Allegations“).

Then see Maui Now’s long interview with Olteanu, for more of her story (“Former UH Volleyball Standout Lily Sets Record Straight“).