The victim was assaulted in a women's restroom at Stone Bridge High School by a male wearing a skirt. A judge found the evidence sufficient to convict but will hold on to the punishment until the convicted teenager is tried for another alleged assault at a different high school.
"We are relieved that justice was served today for Smith's daughter," Bill Stanley of the Stanley Law Group, who represented the victim, said in a statement. "This horrible incident has deeply affected the Smith family, and they are grateful for today's outcome.
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"No one should have to endure what this family has endured, and now their focus is completely upon their daughter's health and safety as she progresses forward with her life. Both Jessica and Scott Smith will continue to do everything in their power to protect her and help her through this difficult time in her life. The Smiths' daughter is a survivor and a fighter, and we are confident that she will grow even stronger with each passing day. The Smith family wants to thank all of those in the community who have demonstrated their love and support over the past few months," he concluded.
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The Loudoun County Sheriff's Department said the boy had been accused of two counts of forcible sodomy.
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"How could you allow this alleged sexual predator to return to a Loudoun County public school before the court was wrapped up with our court situation," Smith told 7News.
Scott Smith, the victim's father, was captured at a school board meeting in June in which he got into an argument with a woman who said that she didn't believe his daughter was raped. The administrator defended the school's transgender bathroom system at the meeting. Smith was later found guilty in the school board fight of disruptive conduct and resisting arrest.
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The assault against Smith's daughter was reported on May 28, and the school told Smith they would handle it internally. He got the police involved, but on Oct. 6, the same boy convicted of the May assault was charged with a different attack at another high school. The Smiths are suing the school district.
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"The Smith family stands stronger than ever in moving forward to ensure that those responsible in the Loudoun County School system are held accountable, so that this may never happen again to anyone else's child," Stanley said.
The case has become the heart of a national debate over the rights of parents to exercise control over their children's education and school experience, from transgender bathroom policy, to masks, to critical race theory.
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