Moderator: Words matter, and this attorney’s choice of words is dead wrong. Plus a student in Texas lost a testicle to a wedgie hazing.
Here is what was said:
His attorney, Jordan Loeb, called the situation “boyish behavior.”
“This is a glorified wedgie. So I’m not going to condone kids doing that kind of stuff, but let’s not be shocked that boys wrestle each other, that boys do things like this. If it went too far, there are a lot of ways to deal with it,” said Fulton’s attorney, Jordan Loeb.
Loeb told News 3 Now his client is still in school but the judge ordered him not to participate in after-school activities with the other teens, including the football team.
The prosecutor is right to charge the 17-year-old with two felonies. But other players may need to be charged as accessories. Plus the student attacker needs to be expelled from school. Why is he still in class in view of the victim?
Excerpt from Madison, Wisconsin article:
Ryan Fulton, 17, appeared in Dane County Court on Thursday, where he was charged with felony second-degree sexual assault, felony sexual exploitation of a child through filming and misdemeanor battery.
Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne said the decision to charge Fulton as an adult was because of his age.
Court documents allege that during a sleepover on Aug. 29, the alleged juvenile victim said his football teammates grabbed him and tackled him onto an air mattress. Documents showed Fulton put him in a chokehold so he couldn’t breathe and sexually assaulted him with his hand.
The juvenile said his shirt, underwear and basketball shorts were on when it happened. He said he tried to kick at Fulton to get away from him, and he later texted his mom because he knew something was not right, according to the criminal complaint.
