Crime & Safety
Family Battles Scarborough Renaissance Festival And Texas Law Over Sexual Assault On Fairgrounds
"It just breaks my heart. I hurt for her. I know she'll never be the same again." Kelly grew up going to the festival in Waxahachie.
June 15, 2021
An Ennis mother says her daughter was sexually assaulted at a longtime, popular North Texas fair and she does not believe the festival did enough to protect its young workers.
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“It just breaks my heart. I hurt for her. I know she’ll never be the same again.” Three years later, Kelly Brignon says her daughter is in therapy and recovering, but their battle is far from over.
“It was a place I felt safe,” says now 17-year-old Paige Brignon. She grew up going to the Scarborough Renaissance Festival in Waxahachie. “I’ve wanted to work there a long time.”
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