Five high school 'mean girls' targeted boy with false accusations of sexual assault, lawsuit claims

[techbeck]

A group of five high school “mean girls” in Pennsylvania confessed to targeting a boy with false sexual assault allegations just because they “don’t like him.”

 

The boy’s parents, Michael J. and Alicia Flood, have launched a lawsuit seeking unspecified damages, claiming the girls at Seneca Valley High School in Pittsburgh “conspired in person and via electronic communication devices to falsely accuse [their son] of sexual assault on two occasions.”

 

The parents dubbed the group “mean girls” in reference to the 2004 cult classic of a high school clique starring Lindsay Lohan. They are suing the girls' parents, the school district and the Butler County District Attorney's office.

 

The false accusations led to the firing of their son from his job at a swimming pool and he was then “forced to endure multiple court appearances, detention in a juvenile facility, detention at home, the loss of his liberty and other damages,” according to a 26-page lawsuit obtained by Trib Live.

 

He is now being homeschooled and suffers mental health problems, the Flood family claims.

 

“[The boy] was basically being tortured in school by the other students and investigators, but the administration was only focused on protecting the girls who were lying,” the family's attorney Craig Fishman told the outlet.

 

https://www.foxnews.com/us/five-high-school-mean-girls-targeted-boy-with-false-accusations-of-sexual-assault-lawsuit-claims

 

 

Something similar happened to my older brother about 20 years ago.  A girl accused him of things and people he knew his whole life turned on him.  Even when it came out he had a medical condition where he couldn't do anything even if he wanted to.  After that, charges were dropped and the girl confessed to making it up.  Nothing happened to her and even tho my brother was proven innocent, people he knew still think he did something and are still against him.

 

I am all for going after people who are truly guilty of this crime.  However, believing someone with no proof is against what America is about.  People making false accusations should be held at a higher standard than those who actually do commit the crimes, IMO.

[DocM]

Gee, weren't we told false accusations Never Happen™ and we should Believe the Girls™?