A disturbing new twist has emerged in the viral Los Angeles gym bathroom controversy.The transgender individual at the center of the viral Los Angeles gym locker room incident has been exposed as a convicted domestic abuser, who later took the name of the very woman he brutally assaulted.According to the New York Post, the person now known as Alexis Black, who recently caused an uproar at a Gold’s Gym in Beverly Hills, was previously convicted of assaulting his wife while living as a man in Ohio.Court records confirm that Black, formerly known as Kyle Grant Freeman, pleaded guilty in 2022 to viciously beating his then-wife, Alexis Freeman, leaving her with a compound fractured jaw that required surgery.“Kyle Grant Freeman caused serious physical harm to the victim. The victim suffered a compound fractured mandible, which resulted in her needing surgery,” read court documents obtained by the Post.Black served one year in prison and had prior convictions for domestic violence, drug trafficking, and resisting arrest, among other offenses.Investigative reporter Sarah Fields wrote on X, “Grant Freeman, the man who was found in the women’s locker room of Gold’s Gym, was charged with three counts related to drugs: trafficking, possession, and failure to comply. He was ALSO charged with a 3rd degree felony for domestic violence and was convicted in November 2022. He spent 12 months in the Department of Corrections with a 219-day credit. The man spending time in the women’s locker room is a drug addict and violent abuser. Color me surprised.”As a woman, I will always have @listen2tish’s back. I saw this morning that the drug trafficking charge was released. But it’s actually worse than that.Grant Freeman, the man who was found in the women’s locker room of Gold’s Gym, was charged with three counts related to drugs:… pic.twitter.com/L66qMeLvbJ— Sarah Fields (@SarahisCensored) November 5, 2025Black’s name resurfaced after recording artist Tish Hyman exposed the horrifying moment she encountered the biological male inside the women’s locker room at a Beverly Hills Gold’s Gym.According to Hyman, she was naked and vulnerable when she turned to find a man, dressed in “boy clothes” with lip gloss, staring at her.Hyman says Gold’s Gym staff told her their hands were tied by California law, which allows people to enter facilities based on self-identified gender rather than biological sex.Hyman wrote at the time:“This person told me he was a woman and demanded that I leave the women’s locker room. He said, “Straight women like dick, and they’re probably looking at me more than you.”Gold’s Gym staff said their hands were tied by law — they couldn’t make him leave. I was naked, scared, and being yelled at. He called me a bitch in front of everyone.A young woman was also in the bathroom. She froze up — completely traumatized — and later thanked me for being there with her.I’ve been told I could lose my music career if I speak out… but I’m a woman before an artist, and I stand for what’s right.This is wrong and extremely dangerous. Any man can claim to be a woman and walk into women’s spaces — putting us at risk of harassment or assault.I have kindly confronted these “trans women” on four different occasions, and on all I was met with anger, disrespect, and total disregard. What do y’all think about this!? It must stop.Hyman says she was later kicked out of the gym and had her membership terminated.Read more:Outraged Woman Kicked Out and Has Her Gold’s Gym Membership Terminated After Complaining About a Biological Man in the Women’s Locker Room (VIDEO)/*! This file is auto-generated */!function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i