The governor of Virginia has pardoned a man who received a conviction of disorderly conduct at a school board meeting after his daughter was sexually assaulted. According to a statement provided by the governor’s office on Sunday, Governor Glenn Youngkin (R-Va.) pardoned Scott Smith, a Loudoun County father who was convicted of disruptive behavior at a school board meeting in 2021.
In May 2021, a 14-year-old student at Stone Bridge High School had sexually abused a female student. After he transferred to Broad Run High School, the 14-year-old sexually attacked another female student just 5 months later. He was later found guilty of forcibly touching another classmate at a nearby school where the perpetrator was permitted to attend classes while awaiting trial in juvenile court. Word circulated around that the student, who was born male, was wearing a skirt during the first assault. At the Loudoun County School Board meeting in August 2021, Smith was speaking out about his daughter’s assault and the circumstances surrounding it when he was arrested for alleged “disruptive behavior.” Smith reportedly threatened deputies who hauled him away from a Loudoun County School Board meeting over the student’s “state-mandated transgender rights.” According to reports, he yelled loudly, clenched his fist, and swore at a woman while seeking more information about his daughter’s assault. The Virginia Department of Education posted model policies last fall stating that students’ use of toilet and locker facilities should be based on biological sex and that children must be referred to by their name and pronouns in their official records unless a parent allows otherwise. Smith, along with his attorneys, Bill Stanley and Mike Joynes, issued statements in response to Youngkin’s pardon.
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Monday, September 11, 2023
Virginia Gov. Pardons Man Arrested During School Board Meeting After Daughter’s Sexual Assault
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