Washington Family Sues Schools After Daughter Assaulted by Trans Wrestler
By Ward ClarkNow, once again, the battle over the lunatic practice of allowing boys to compete on girls' sports teams has gone into the legal arena. This time, though, it's a bit different; a Washington family is suing their local school district, claiming that their daughter was sexually assaulted by a male wrestler during a girls' wrestling match.
A family in Washington state has filed a lawsuit against multiple government parties, alleging their daughter was sexually assaulted by a biological male trans athlete during a girls' wrestling match.
The defendants include Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykda and the Puyallup School District and multiple school employees. The trans athlete and the athlete's family are not defendants.
It would appear that this is focused on the school district and whatever rules and policies they have in place that allowed this to happen, rather than on the "transgender" athlete. What seems particularly egregious is that the actual girl athlete, named only as "K.M.K.," was not informed that the boy was, in fact, a boy.
The complaint says those policies led K.M.K. to unknowingly wrestle a male opponent in a girls tournament, where she alleges she was sexually assaulted, and that officials then failed to properly report, investigate, or remedy the assault.
Legally, the plaintiffs argue this amounts to sex discrimination under Title IX, because girls are allegedly denied fair and safe athletic opportunities; a hostile educational environment, because the district allegedly ignored the assault and later hostility toward K.M.K.; a violation of parental rights, because her mother was not told or allowed to opt her out; and a state-created danger, because officials allegedly put K.M.K. in a dangerous situation through their policies and actions.
It would seem that "fair and safe" would include "not unknowingly being matched against a male player."
Indeed, that's the very heart of the matter; this girl, the plaintiff, wasn't given the chance to opt out of wrestling a boy. Her parents apparently were unaware of those facts as well. Now, the United States Department of Education is involved.
The U.S. Department of Education launched an investigation into the Puyallup School District in February over the allegations.
"The allegations in this case are sickening—that a female athlete was not only unknowingly forced to compete against a male in a girls-only division placing her at increased risk for sexual assault, but that her report of sexual assault during the match was ignored by Puyallup School District for months. While the District may prioritize ideological agendas over the safety and dignity of its students, the Trump Administration will not tolerate such conduct," Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Kimberly Richey said in the announcement of the investigation.
Anyone even remotely acquainted with competitive wrestling would know that the nature of the exercise would make even some inadvertent and yet unwelcome touching from a member of the opposite sex almost unavoidable. Which begs the question: What in blazes is wrong with these people? What kind of person thinks that it's OK, not only for a girl to wrestle a boy, who has every physical advantage in such a contest, but to withhold from that girl, and her family, the nature of her opponent?
Stay tuned. We will be watching this case with great interest.
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