On Dec. 20, former University of Oregon Fraternity and Sorority Life leader Leonard Serrato announced in an Instagram video obtained by the Daily Emerald that he had been terminated from his position as assistant director of FSL at UO.
Serrato was previously placed on paid administrative leave in November after posting a video on Instagram telling followers to “jump off a f—king bridge” if they voted for Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election.
The video was then posted onto X, garnering millions of views, comments and retweets from the likes of Donald Trump Jr. and UO alumnus Chip Messenger.
“Once it went viral, the theme of my video changed. [The news media] turned the narrative into me telling all Trump supporters to unalive themselves,” Serrato said in his Dec. 20 video. “Because of this, I was then doxxed on Twitter. Not only was my work email, my personal email, my address, my family’s address back in Los Banos, and my cellphone number.”
Serrato said that he received over 2,000 forms of harassment and threats toward the university and himself. He said that the harassment included homophobic slurs, “fatphobic” slurs and racial slurs, as well as various threats of violence.
UO students were among his followers on his now-private Instagram account.
“At the time, my account was set to public, and because of that, individuals recorded what I said and posted it,” Serrato said. “It was students who did this, but I know it was students because it was originally posted to the anonymous app called Fizz.”
Serrato had been employed at the University since 2022.
UO spokesperson Eric Howald confirmed with the Daily Emerald that Serrato is no longer working at the university.
The Emerald has reached out to Serrato for comment on the matter and is waiting for a response.
