GPD Charges College Athlete and Fraternity Members with Sexual Cyber Harassment

On July 30, Gainesville Police Department (GPD) Investigator Amanda Rodonis pressed online sexual harassment charges against Jacob Andrew Gomberg, 21, Kamran Lee Ahmed, 20, and Brendan Patrick Pitfield, 19. 

Gomberg and Pitfield both face one count of sexual cyber harassment. If found guilty, they would not qualify for prison and would face up to one year in jail because the charge is a misdemeanor. 

Ahmed faces two of the same misdemeanor charges, but his third charge contains a felony enhancement since he allegedly used the sexual harassment material for financial gain. If found guilty of all charges, he could potentially be sentenced to seven years in prison. 

The charges are related to an online sexual harassment scheme dubbed the “Burnerverse.” In this online network, men, typically involved in college athletics or fraternities, share sexually explicit material of women without consent using anonymous "burner" accounts.

Police reports indicate that all three defendants were students at the University of Florida (UF) at the time of the incidents, with Pitfield and Ahmed both identified as members of the Theta Chi Fraternity. Court documents don't identify the defendants as presently residing in Gainesville, with Gomberg, a former UF baseball player, transferring to Indiana University. Gomberg was removed from the baseball roster after the case went public.

Pitfield is reportedly from Atlanta, Georgia, while Ahmed is identified as a resident of Tampa. Theta Chi CEO Michael Mayer told Wired they were both placed on "interim suspension" pending the results of an internal investigation.

All cases involve the same victim, a UF student who was sexually exploited by other students/fraternity members at the Phi Delta Theta fraternity house, also known as “Fort.” The victim told Wired that she "had not consented to the acts in the video, nor to them being filmed."

The police reports note that Gomberg, Pitfield and Ahmed were all sharing the images/videos but were not the individuals who partook in the sexual abuse or filmed it.

At this time, no arrests have been made and no arrest warrants have been issued, court records show. The cases remain in sworn complaint status, with prosecutors not yet formally filing the charges. 

Although Pitfield doesn’t have any felony enhancement, he’s still identified as a co-defendant of Ahmed. Their police reports contain some similarities while Gomberg’s case appears more individualized. 

The sexual harassment material accumulated thousands of views online and caused the victim substantial distress. 

The victim has filed federal civil lawsuits against the three defendants.

Kamran Ahmed & Brendan Pitfield Reports

According to the police reports, between November 2, 2025 and December 19, 2025, Pitfield and Ahmed disseminated sexually explicit videos and images of the victim using anonymous online accounts. Both resided at the UF Honors Village Complex at the time.

The victim confirmed she did not know Pitfield and Ahmed and did not consent to them distributing the material.

The police reports indicate that Ahmed ran a burner account identified as “Steve ‘SC’ Cumfull” while Pitfield ran an account called “Arnie_Grape16.” Both were on X (formerly Twitter). Ahmed and Pitfield were identified as the users through search warrants. 

In one example, police reported that Ahmed made a post stating in all caps, "They tried to silence me [(followed by two Israeli flags)] [🇮🇱🇮🇱] but you can’t [silence] greatness, Steve Cumfull is back!!” with a link to sexual harassment material involving the victim.

In another example, police reported that Pitfield made a post with a derogatory caption alongside the sexual harassment material. Twitter flagged the post with an “adult content” warning.

During the investigation, GPD learned that “multiple cryptocurrency tokens were created by unknown individuals after the victim began trending online.” 

The search warrant showed Ahmed possessed a crypto coin named after the victim and encouraged online users to put their money into it. The search revealed transaction records relating to the crypto coin. Ahmed was seemingly using the sexual harassment material to promote the cryptocurrency. 

Rodonis concurred, “Based upon the totality of the investigation, [I have] reason to believe the defendant and the co-defendant acted in concert by utilizing burner accounts to disseminate sexually explicit images and videos depicting the victim without her consent while attempting to conceal their identities. [I have] probable cause to believe the defendant and co-defendant intentionally and maliciously disseminated sexually explicit images and videos of the victim without her consent through electronic means, in violation of Florida Statute 784.049. [I further have] probable cause to believe [Defendant Ahmed] committed this offense for the purpose of financial gain, as evidenced by his promotion of a cryptocurrency associated with the victim and the financial activity identified during the investigation.”

Jacob Gomberg Police Report

On November 3, 2025, Gomberg reportedly disseminated a sexually explicit image of the victim on Twitter without her consent using an anonymous account.

The report says Gomberg used an account with the display name “Richie ‘Box Muncher’ Williams.”

The report identifies Gomberg as "responsible for maliciously publishing a sexually explicit image of the victim from a video that went viral by trending on X." His post was accompanied by a ridiculing caption, which contained identifying information about the victim. 

A search warrant identified Gomberg as the account holder.

Rodonis called Gomberg’s actions “intentional and malicious.”

This page will be updated if any arrests are made or if prosecutors with the Eighth Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office decide to formally file charges.