Crime & Safety
Charlotte Student Suspended After Reporting Sexual Assault
The school suspended the student filing a false report; however, CMPD pressed charges against a minor for the reported assault.
A student at Hawthorne Academy High School followed the procedure set forth by the school to report a sexual assault, only to find herself suspended and accused of lying.
School administrators accused the 15-year-old female student of lying and making a false report; however, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police found enough substantive evidence to charge a minor for the crime.
The student reported the incident took place at school in a bathroom stall she was pushed into and groped, according to WBTV, the station the student told her story to.
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In addition to the suspension, she was forced by school officials to take a class called “Sexual Harassment is Preventable," which the student said made her feel like she was being punished for reporting the incident in the bathroom stall.
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