The cases against the Loudoun County Public Schools spokesman and former superintendent follow an investigation into the school district’s handling of sexual assaults.
following an investigation into how the district handled a pair of sexual assaults committed by the same student in 2021.A Loudoun County Circuit Court judge is expected to set a trial date for schools spokesman Wayde Byard, who is currently on administrative leave, while an attorney for fired superintendent Scott Ziegler has a deadline to file motions in his case.
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares , who convened the special grand jury, has declined to detail what alleged conduct led to the indictments, because the cases are pending in court.“I am disappointed that an Attorney General-controlled, secret, and one-sided process — which never once sought my testimony — has made such false and irresponsible accusations,” Ziegler previously
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin authorized Miyares to conduct a criminal probe after a Loudoun high school student sexually assaulted a classmate in a bathroom at Stone Bridge High School in May 2021, before the teen was transferred to Broad Run High School where he sexually assaulted a second classmate in an empty classroom in October 2021. The teen was later convicted in both cases.that found the district badly mishandled the sexual assaults, while it also called Ziegler a liar.
was a constant target of Youngkin as he ran for governor in 2021, and became enmeshed in a national firestorm over transgender policy in schools.
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