Minutes before Smiths arrest at the June 22 board meeting, Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) SuperintendentScott Ziegler declared that "the predator transgender student or person simply does not exist," and that to his knowledge, "we dont have any record of assaults occurring in our restrooms," The Daily Wire reported. Smith, the father, was arrested for loudly protesting at a school board meeting on June 22. We are unable to locate any records that indicate that Scott Smith had registered in advance to speak at the June 22, 2021 board meeting. From the June 2023 issue, 2022 Reason Foundation | Hundreds of parents were also present to voicetheir concerns about the districts transgender policy and Critical Race Theory (CRT). How many of these fucking cases are there? Loudoun father claims city concealed sex assault. Please help us! By Minyvonne Burke. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder speaks with Scott Smith, the parent of a teenager who was sexually assaulted at a Loudoun County High School. ASHBURN, Va. - A Virginia teen was wearing an ankle monitor for a prior sexual assault at his previous high school in Ashburn when he allegedly forced a girl into an empty classroom and groped her at a new school, according to prosecutors. FOX 5's Nana-Sentuo Bonsu reports from outside the Loudoun County Public Schools Administrative Offices with the latest. The idea that they would actually be seeking jail time, Id guess in my 15 years the number of times Ive seen that happen would be zero, adding, It would be completely unheard of fortheprosecutor to handle a misdemeanor., As The Wire succinctly stated, Two girls, allegedly sexually assaulted in school, four months apart, by the same person. Smith gasped, I cant breathe.. "A remarkable lack of curiosity and adherence to operating in silos by LCPS administrators is ultimately to blame for the October 6 incident," the report said. (Photo by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP), Protesters and activists hold signs as they stand outside a Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) board meeting in Ashburn, Virginia on October 12, 2021. The attacker was convicted of what certainly sounds like vicious and violent behavior. In regard to the alleged assault on Smith's daughter, the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office told Fox News that a May 28, 2021, case involving a "thorough 2-month-long investigation that was conducted to determine the facts of the case prior to arrest.". As school board members and leftists continually claimed at the meeting on June 22 that students were not in danger or threatened by transgender individuals, Smith got increasingly angry. Then he attempted to tell Schworm what had happened to their daughter. The victim was assaulted in a womens restroom at Stone Bridge High School by a male allegedly wearing a skirt. Lancaster contends that this same 15-year-old boy was also charged with sexual battery and abduction after he forced a girl into an empty classroom, then held her against her will, and touched her inappropriately. Now, she's demanding answers. Legal Statement. February's fight is the second incident in a Stone Bridge High School bathroom in less than a year. "We were under the impression from the prosecutor that this sexual predator was being held on in-house arrest with an ankle monitor and would not return to school until these court sessions were done. "Why did you not reach out to the Harding's after their daughter was assaulted?" Before he was sentenced, the boy apologized to the girls and their families, looking at them directly but not saying their names. The demonstration took place after a 15-year-old boy was found guilty Monday of a May 28 attack on a teenage girl inside a bathroom at Stone Bridge High School. If anything, it's a cautionary tale about credulously assuming the worst when it would be maximally politically convenient to do so. A heated exchange ensued at the meeting, and Smith was arrestedfor obstruction of justice and disorderly conduct. The father also asserts that the school district is trying to sweep the assault under the rug. "The grand jury remains empaneled. Loudoun County Sheriff's Office It also led to numerous calls for top officials to quit or be fired amid claims of a coverup. Well see if board members even acknowledge these two attacks on teen girls in their schools. "Obviously, the fact that the girl had previously had consensual sex with the male teenager doesnotmean that the May 28 incident was not a rape or that it should be treated more leniently," wrote Cathy Young in a piece for Arc Digital. 2 min read. Two years after a teenager committed two sexual assaults at separate Loudoun County high schools, the school system is facing more fallout. On Oct. 6, at another school, a 15-year-old boy was charged with sexual battery and abduction of a fellow student, the sheriff's office reported. I love everyone. This could have been handled a lot differently," he said. I do want to say, though, we support our first responders and our law enforcement. The same student, who was 14 at the time, was previously arrested over the May 28 alleged sexual assault at Stone Bridge High School, 7News reports. READ MORE: More than 100 gather at Loudoun County school board meeting to protest transgender policy. A pedestrian bridge has been installed over a major route in the Isle of Man's capital as part of preparations for the 2023 TT races. A leftist named Jackie Schworm was reportedly a primary antagonist at the school board meeting. Market data provided by Factset. Jacob Sullum Terresa Monroe-Hamilton is a Constitutional Conservative who researches and writes extensively on politics and current events. Scott Smith, the father of the first victim. She said she had befriended the fiend even though he wore an ankle monitor in their Broad Run High School, where he had been transferred after his first attack five months earlier. In response to a public records request by The Daily Wire, the Loudoun County Sheriffs Office confirmed that a May 28 report with "Offense: Forcible Sodomy [and] Sexual Battery" at Stone Bridge High School does exist. She is a very smart and strong young woman, and she is deeply loved by her parents. Glenn Youngkin, on his first day in office, issued an executive order requesting an investigation by the attorney generals office. Zieglerscomments were in response to local parents outraged over how reports of the two sexual assaults were handled inside schools. Legal Statement. . Smith said he tried to tell the woman how his daughter was assaulted in the restroom at Stone Bridge High School, but the woman persisted: . Charles Creitz is a reporter forFox News Digital. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. We don't want him to be around our children. If you've commented with us before, we'll need you to re-input your email address for this. That same day, the principal sent an email to the school community again, not about the alleged rape but about Smith: Good evening Stone Bridge families this is Stone Bridge Principal Tim Flynn. Scott A. Ziegler was appointed the Superintendent for Loudoun County Public Schools on June 8, 2021. The metal structure over the carriageway on Bray Hill in . The parent of a former Stone Bridge High School student is accusing a teacher of sexually assaulting her daughter and several of her classmates. | While the name cannot be released because the suspect is a juvenile, Smith said that individual is the same one who allegedly assaulted his daughter earlier this year. Thank God that I drew enough attention to it, without getting arrested, that we got an escort to the hospital and they administered a rape kit that night, Smith recounted. Yours scared me, she said of the evaluations, without elaborating on what they found. Va. school board says teacher shot by 6-year-old student only deserves workers comp, wants $40M suit tossed. Bee (@BarbraHarriso18) October 11, 2021. 5.1.2023 7:00 AM, Mike Riggs The victim's family attorney, Bill Stanley of The Stanley Law Group, released a statement on behalf of the family on Monday, stating, "We are relieved that justice was served . Biberaj was elected by a 1% margin after leftist billionaire George Soros paid $845,000 to support her bid, The Wire reported. 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The teen suspect was found guilty on all charges,reportsWJLA7News I-Team. "I was on the ground and couldn't move and he sexually assaulted me.". Loudoun County Public School leadership was condemned after the district failed to communicate to the community that a sexual assault occurred in a Stone Bridge High School bathroom in May 2021. Scott Smith, a 48-year-old plumber, according to the Daily Mail, told host Laura Ingraham he went to the initial June meeting not for any political reason but because he had seen "all this crazy stuff on TV" and was concerned after his daughter had been assaulted. The implicit idea is that the perpetrator wore a skirt in order to gain access to the women's bathroom at Stone Bridge High School and carry out the attack. When the boy arrived, the teen testified, he came into the handicapped stall she was in and locked the door. I am not a bully. The incident took place in Loudoun County, Virginia, on May 28, 2021, The Daily Wire said in an investigative report. The incident took place in Loudoun County, Virginia, on May 28, 2021, The Daily Wire said in an investigative report. The Smiths are suing the school district. Youre a bitch, he said to her. Robby Soave is a senior editor at Reason. Scott Smith joins 'The Ingraham Angle' to discuss his claims that his daughter was sexually assaulted in girl's bathroom by boy wearing a skirt. Why arent we allowed to clap or boo? Smiths attorney Elizabeth Lancaster stated that the boy has been charged with two counts of forcible sodomy, one count of anal sodomy, and one count of forcible fellatio. They scared me for society, the judge admitted. In its report, the grand jury made numerous recommendations for the school system and the school board going forward: "This broad use of the special grand jury investigative process did, however, yield a Report that contains several criticisms of LCPS employees and processes within the Division that are quite serious. Market data provided by Factset. Following the superintendents statement, board member Beth Barts who previously targeted parents who are against Critical Race Theory in schools resigned from her position. Youngkin and Miyares, both Republicans, had criticized the school board during their successful 2021 campaigns. Cops bloodied him, placed him in handcuffs, and charged him with obstruction of justice and disorderly conduct. The first alleged assault occurred on May 28 in a girl's bathroom inside Stone Bridge High School. Once a matter has been reported to law enforcement, LCPS does not begin its investigation until law enforcement advises LCPS that it has completed the criminal investigation. Ziegler has served as LCPS interim superintendent since January 1 when he was appointed to succeed Dr. Eric Williams. (LCPS), Protesters and activists stand at attention as the national anthem is sung to open a Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) board meeting in Ashburn, Virginia on October 12, 2021. She testified they had not explicitly discussed having sex beforehand. Smith also told Fox News that the suspect was wearing a skirt when he sexually assaulted his child in a bathroom. The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office is investigating, but no charges have been filed. ASHBURN, Va. - The parent of a former Stone Bridge High School student is accusing a teacher of sexually assaulting her daughter and several of her classmates. It quietly transferred the boy charged in the May 28 assault to a new school. Any one who dared show up their criminal behavior would be shot or sent to Gitmo! So this kid is technically not what the school board was fighting about. I wont stay quiet anymore," he said. Despite his legitimate anguish at his daughters ordeal at the hands of the scary boy who was still free, Smiths arrest was then used as an example of unruly parents who were likened to domestic terrorists. And she goes Oh Im going to ruin your business on social media, Smith claimed. This horrible incident has deeply affected the Smith family, and they are grateful for todays outcome, the statement added. We will no longer be beholden to them but we need your help. Parents have been actively protesting these events and have moved to recall six of the nine school board members. "My daughter and the other victims deserve better from you. A Virginia judge ruled on Monday that a male student at Loudoun Countys Stone Bridge High School is guilty of sexually assaulting a female student in a girls bathroom in May. On Monday, the teenage victim of the Stone Bridge assault testified that she and her attacker had agreed to meet up in a school bathroom around 12:15 p.m. on the date of the assault. ASHBURN, Va. (7News) The 7News I-Team has learned that the teen suspect in a sex assault at Stone Bridge High School in Loudoun County in May has been found guilty on all charges. If a comment is spam, instead of replying to it please click the icon below and to the right of that comment. Earlier this month US Attorney General Merrick Garland directed federal authorities to hold strategy sessions in the next month with law enforcement to address the increasing threats targeting school board members, teachers and other employees in the nations public schools. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, School board members voted to fire Ziegler days after the grand jury's report. He wept and hung his head over the table after being sentenced. The teen testified she arrived first and chose to go in the girls' bathroom because the two had always met in the girls' bathrooms in the past. Tuccille "The attorney-client privilege should be invoked when required to protect legitimate issues of confidentiality that impact the operations of LCPS and the LCSB. The meetings continue while school board members and officials are now urging the FBI to investigate parents. Like the high school principal and the school board, Loudoun County Prosecutor Buta Biberaj seemed more interested in going after Smith than in addressing attacks on female students. But if someone would have sat and listened for thirty seconds to what Scott had to say, they would have been mortified and heartbroken, his attorney said. The father of the victim is a man youve seen: The bald man being dragged by the police. Download the FOX 5 DC News App for Local Breaking News and Weather. The grand jury accused Ziegler of lying about the Broad Run High School assault at a school board meeting in June 2021, after the first assault occurred. Parents stormed out of a Loudoun County School Board meeting Tuesday after the board voted 6-3 to not release the findings of an independent report of the 2021 sexual assault cases at two LCPS high schools. But he did not target a random student, and he did not choose the girls bathroom because of his gender identity. ", This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. We've received your submission. This in response to a request from the National School Boards Association asking US President Joe Biden for federal assistance to investigate and stop threats made over policies including mask mandates, likening the vitriol to a form of domestic terrorism. "Quite honestly - they should've fired him. News, adding thatthe female victim testified in court that she was violently coerced into performing sexual acts. Then, on Oct. 6 at Broad Run High School in Ashburn, the same boy, now 15, allegedly forced a victim into an empty classroom, where he touched her inappropriately. Posted by Jeff Johnston | Oct 12, 2021 | Sexuality. There was not, however, a coordinated cover-up among officials and school board members were deliberately deprived of information regarding the incidents until after the Oct. 6 sexual assault, the grand jury concluded. During its investigation, the grand jury said it was "struck by the lack of communication among LCPS, LCSO, the court services unit and the commonwealth's attorney's office." On Monday, the teen suspect in a sex assault at Stone Bridge High School in May was found guilty on all charges. While LCPS takes student privacy seriously and cannot reveal details concerning the actions of any specific student, we do want to clarify our investigative process. Harding's daughter is no longer a student at Stone Bridge, but she doesn't regret speaking out. Right before Smith was taken down and arrested, the Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) superintendent had addressed the districts transgender policy asserting that the school system had no record of any assault occurring in any school bathroom. Smith was later found guilty in the school board scuffle of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. RELATED: Parents 'furious' after LCPS votes not to release sexual assault report. According to the Loudoun County Sheriffs Office, The investigation determined on the afternoon of October 6, the 15-year-old suspect forced the victim into an empty classroom where he held her against her will and inappropriately touched her., Stone Bridge High School, where the first attack occurred, also downplayed the event. Harding is looking for answers and to hold school leaders accountable, so she showed up at Wednesday night's school board meeting. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. That's because the assailant and the victim had a relationship, and had met in the bathroom for sexual activity previously. The accused attacker wore a skirt, the girl's parents said. The school board eventually voted 7-2 to approve the transgender-related policy. "(W)e are pleased that the Special Grand Jurys extensive investigation found no evidence of criminal conduct on the part of anyone within LCPS, and not a single indictment was filed as a result of this lengthy process," school board Chair Jeff Morse and Vice Chair Ian Serotkin said in a statement. in Broadcast Journalism. Robby Soave Smith said the Loudoun County School Board members at the meeting did not appear fazed by the testimony of Smith and the other parents concerned about issues like allegations of a CRT-infused curriculum. The Smiths had described the boy as gender fluid. That was never raised during his trial, although the court was told he was wearing a skirt at the time of the first attack, in a bathroom stall in Stone Bridge High School. According to a statement from the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office, the reported sexual assault happened on May 28, 2021, at Stone Bridge High School in Ashburn, Virginia. Another LCPS board meeting is scheduled late this afternoon, October 12. The skirt-wearing Virginia schoolboy who sexually assaulted two classmates, sparking violent protests at school board meetings, has been sent to a residential treatment facility. Superintendent Scott Ziegler informed the district's school board on the day of the assault, though the board originally denied being informed. It was a story that appeared to confirm the conservative media's worst fears about how predatory men could theoretically take advantage of accommodations for transgender people in order to harm young girls, and it touched off a wave of protestswith the victim's father, Scott Smith, at the center of them. This didn't have to happen. The victim of his first attack, who was 14 when assaulted in a school bathroom last May, told her abuser, I could say you belong in a cell I believe you belong in a program.. She sought jail time for his misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct, appearing in court herself to prosecute his case. "I believe they had full intentions on trying to shut that thing down early. one speaker asked. And horrified. I will never hurt anyone like this again, he vowed. At that point, they discussed the matter with the victims family and recommended that the suspect wear and ankle monitor, and return to the classroom at a different school. It should not be used as a shield that impedes transparency, accountability and openness, especially when it comes to the operations of a public body.". Montpelier20 (@Montpelier20) October 12, 2021. The first alleged assault occurred May 28 at Stone Bridge High School in Ashburn, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office. Thanks for contacting us. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved, BLM activist ruined white college students life over misheard remark: report. This story has been shared 467,877 times. They are taking away our advertising revenue, censoring our content,and threatening to de-platform us. Earlier this month US Attorney General Merrick Garland directed federal authorities to hold strategy sessions in the next month with law enforcement to address the increasing threats targeting school board members, teachers and other employees in the nations public schools. We have no tolerance for comments containing violence, racism, profanity, vulgarity, doxing, or discourteous behavior. News4's Walter Morris reports. Maisel, Collierville farm owners sold properties for millions to Orgill Inc. for expansion. FOX 5's Nana-Sentuo Bonsu spoke with the concerned mother about the allegations. Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) October 11, 2021. The boy who was just 14 at the time of the first attack, and wearing an ankle monitor during the second was also put on probation until he is 18. I want better stuff for it," he said. 5.1.2023 2:25 PM, Eric Boehm EducationPoliticsTechCRTLoudoun Countysexual assaultVirginia. Reports connect the two assaults, although police have not confirmed to Fox News that they involve the same male student. That alone speaks volumes to what we have endured throughout this ordeal," the victim's family's statement said. Smith told Ingraham he remained quiet about the situation until last week, when a text message to his wife alerted the couple that a juvenile had been arrested and was rumored to be the same one allegedly involved in the assault on his daughter. A special grand jury found Loudoun County Public Schools administrators looked out for their own interests rather than the interests of the school district throughout their handling of the two sexual assaults, according to its report released on Dec. 5. Others also approached the podium with concerns. A school board meeting in Loudon County, Virginia, became heated on Tuesday after parents vented their anger over two separate incidents which allegedly occurred at Broad Run High School and Stone . Police were called to the school because Smith was furious over the handling of the matter. Were not into this children transgender stuff. Johnston has been interviewed by CBS Sunday Morning, The New York Times, Associated Press News, The Christian Post, Rolling Stone, Mashable and Vice, and hes been a guest for numerous radio and television outlets.

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