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A 15-year-old boy was found guilty of sexual assault in the girls’ bathroom in Virginia.
The ruling comes amid controversial transgender school bathroom accommodations in Loudoun County, Virginia,
The charges included one felony count of forcible sodomy and one felony count of forcible fellatio.
Chief Judge Pamela Brooks ruled, “I found the facts sufficient to support the charges.”
The victim said the two were “just friends” and said she “never” gave permission or consent for the encounter.
The boy, who was 14 years old at the time, texted the victim to ask her to meet him in the girls’ bathroom.
He threw her to the floor and forced himself upon her, according to The Washington Post.
“He flipped me over,” the victim told the court, according to the Post.
“I was on the ground and couldn’t move and he sexually assaulted me,” she continued.
According to the Virginia Department of Education, its transgender policies require that “access to facilities such as restrooms and locker rooms that correspond to a student’s gender identity shall be available to all students.”
“All students are entitled to have access to restrooms, locker rooms, and changing facilities that are sanitary, safe, and adequate, so that they can comfortably and fully engage in their school programs and activities,” the policy continues.
“Schools frequently maintain separate restrooms, locker rooms or other facilities for males and females,” the policy reads.
“Students should be allowed to use the facility that corresponds to their consistently asserted gender identity.”
“While some transgender students will want that access, others may want alternatives that afford more privacy. Taking into account existing school facilities, administrators should take steps to designate gender-inclusive or single-user restrooms commensurate with the size of the school,” the policy concludes.
Brooks, who serves at the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court, released the ruling following a two-hour hearing.
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The incident ignited a firestorm over transgender policy after the father of the girl who was assaulted, Scott Smith, was arrested at a June 22 Loudoun County School Board meeting after progressive activist called his daughter a liar, according to a report last month by the Daily Wire. Smith had said the boy in the case identified as “gender fluid” and was wearing a skirt at the time of the attack.
After a shouting match ensued, a deputy grabbed Smith’s shoulder. When Smith pulled away, a tussle began and the father was arrested. Loudoun County lead prosecutor Buta Biberaj — who also assisted the prosecutor in the sexual assault case involving Smith’s daughter — was seeking jail time for Smith over a disorderly conduct misdemeanor charge stemming from the meeting…
Loudoun County had adopted a similar policy, although it wasn’t in place at the time of the May 28 assault. A statement from the family, however, noted that the district had “formalized the policy regarding restroom use that was easily exploitable by a potential sexual assailant,” according to WUSA-TV.
While the Smiths say the perpetrator of the rape defined himself as gender-fluid, mainstream media accounts didn’t confirm this and referred to the defendant as male. However, the Post’s report confirmed the boy was wearing a skirt at the time of the assault.