A Virginia judge ruled Thursday that the male high school student who committed at least two high-profile sexual assaults at two Loudoun County high schools will not be required to register as a sex offender.
Loudoun County Judge Pamela Brooks granted the teenager’s defense team’s request to drop the lifetime sex offender registration from his sentence in a hearing Thursday that drew sharp condemnation from one of the victims’ parents.
The teenager had been sentenced to a “locked residential program” at a residential psychiatric facility earlier this month and a lifetime on the sex offender registry. But Thursday’s decision removed the latter requirement.
TEENAGER WHO COMMITTED INFAMOUS LOUDOUN HIGH SCHOOL SEXUAL ASSAULTS SENTENCED
In a statement published on Twitter by WJLA reporter Scott Smith, the father of one of the victims said he and his wife “are not just heartbroken about today’s ruling, we are quite frankly mad at how the justice system and Loudoun Commonwealth’s attorney has let down both our daughter, as well as the other victims of his predatory behavior.”
Statement from the Scott Smith family after Loudoun County Juvenile Court Judge Pamela Brooks changed her decision to place the convicted 15 year old on Virginia’s Adult Sex Offender list. He will no longer be required to do so as part of his sentence. @7NewsDC #loudouncounty pic.twitter.com/CPDiP44VQz
— Scott Taylor 7 News I-Team (@ScottTaylorTV) January 27, 2022
The assault of Smith’s daughter occurred in the women’s bathroom at Stone Bridge High School in Loudoun County. The perpetrator was wearing a skirt when the assault occurred and was allowed to transfer to a different high school, where he committed a second assault.
The handling of the two assaults led to accusations that the school board covered up the assaults while working to pass a transgender bathroom policy. New Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares announced that his office would be investigating the district hours after he was sworn in.
Smith brought the sexual assault of his daughter to national headlines when he was arrested at a Loudoun County School Board meeting for engaging in a scuffle with law enforcement. He says a woman approached him to tell him she didn’t believe his daughter had been raped, precipitating the struggle.
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Smith had been speaking against the board’s planned implementation of the transgender bathroom policy when he was arrested. He was later found guilty of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
