I don't want to disturb too much what seems to have died down, but I saw something on reddit that sounds plausible regarding Filipowski/fiancee. I find it more plausible than a lot of the claims that I've seen because the person making it doesn't seem to have an agenda to throw shade in one direction or another. My inclination to give it credence could be totally mistaken of course, but it does seem to suggest that legal issues of grooming may not be at play, even if manipulation and judgment may still be. In this reddit thread, someone using the OffDutyTacoTruck moniker claims:
Yo I’m actually in a rare situation where I know someone very close to the situation - this is what he had to say
“Their parents are family friends, so they grew up pretty close. Her dad was in the military so they ended up moving away so she wasn’t in his life for a while. She popped back up his senior year of high school when he got national recognition (#5) and turned 18… she was 24 or 25 at the time. Started dating, went to prom together, and at this same time her parents (big Mormons) told Kyle’s that “she is good for him and would take good care of him at Duke. Keep him out of drugs, keep him from partying, etc.” His parents immediately got a red flag given the timing of her coming back in his life and given the things they were saying.
She bought a house next to dukes campus, walked with him to and from every class, he slept at her house and spent every moment there, she wouldn’t let him hangout with teammates or attend team activities. She went to EVERY game, home and away. Told him that his family was bad for him, that they were holding him back, they were against her, etc. So he cut everyone off, twin brother included all last year before march madness of his freshman year.
He gave all tickets to her, her friends and her family. “