Bryan Kohberger Files Sexual Harassment Complaint Over 'B— F—' Threats in Prison and Begs for Transfer (Exclusive) By Chris Spargo 472

Bryan Kohberger is having a difficult time adjusting to prison, and has already requested a transfer and filed a sexual harassment complaint.

On July 30, the convicted murderer submitted a handwritten note requesting that he be placed in a different facility, after just one night in the J-Block at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution in Boise.

“Not engaging in any of the recent flooding/striking as well as being subject to minute-by-minute verbal threats/harassment and on that and other bases [sic] Unit 2 of J-Block is an environment that I wish to transfer from,” Kohberger wrote in his note, a copy of which was obtained by PEOPLE. (Flooding refers to inmates intentionally causing water to overflow in their cells as a form of disruption.)

Just five days later, on Aug. 4, Kohberger complained of sexual harassment in a concern note to a prison guard after an inmate allegedly told him: “I’ll b— f– you.”

Kohberger also accused another inmate of saying: “The only a– we’ll be eating is Kohberger’s.”

PEOPLE obtained the incident notification report filled out by the guard who received the note, which also included the name of the guard Kohberger claimed had witnessed the alleged threats.

That guard submitted an information report three days later saying that while he “recalls vulgar language being used and directed towards Kohberger,” he was not able to discern which inmate said what at the time.

Kohberger was transferred to the J-Block on July 29.

J-Block is a unit that can house up to 128 individuals and includes a mix of general population, protective custody and death row inmates.

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Individuals like Kohberger, who are in long-term restrictive housing, have single-person cells, are transported in restraints, and receive one hour of outdoor recreation daily. They are also permitted to shower only every other day — a far cry from the hour-long showers Kohberger was able to take in jail.

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Kohberger asked in his note if he could be transferred to the B-Block, which like J-Block includes single-person cells and only allows non-contact visits.

In the response to his handwritten note, a prison official says flooding is a “relatively rare occurrence” in the J-Block and it is “generally a fairly calm and quieter tier.”

He is then told to “give it some time.”

At the end of his more recent complaint about sexual harassment, prison officials said that “Kohberger feels safe to remain on tier 2 in J-Block.”

The Idaho Department of Corrections did not respond to a request for comment.

Kohberger is serving four life sentences after confessing to the murders of four University of Idaho students: Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Madison Mogen, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Ethan Chapin, 20.

All four were found brutally stabbed to death on Nov. 13, 2022 at their off-campus home in Moscow.