A Louisiana middle school is doubling down on its decision to expel a 13-year-old girl who was victimized by male classmates allegedly creating and sharing AI-generated nude photos of her around campus.
The eighth-grader at Sixth Ward Middle School was accused of hitting one of the boys on the bus heading home after they continued to taunt her and trade images featuring her face on a naked body. This harassment reportedly persisted even after she reported it to school officials, according to her lawyers.
The Lafourche Parish County School District expelled the teen over the physical altercation in late August, shortly after the school year began. Now, her family is planning to sue the school board for failing to protect their daughter and instead punishing her.
### Family Challenges Expulsion
The family’s attorneys first tried to convince the school board to overturn the expulsion during a meeting on November 5. They argued that the girl was mercilessly bullied all day due to the explicit images, noting that the AI-generated nude photo featured a sizable “bush.”
They claimed the student was denied “due process” and “fairness” and warned that the board was setting a “dangerous precedent” by letting the boys involved go unpunished.
### Charges Against Male Student
On September 15, one of the male students involved was charged with 10 counts of unlawful dissemination of images created by artificial intelligence. The charges were announced on November 10, according to the Lafourche Parish County Sheriff’s Office.
### Incident on the Bus
The girl reached her breaking point while riding the bus home, which she shared with several boys who had been showing off the photo. Her lawyers said she “swatted” at a boy to “knock the phone out of his hand.” It is unclear if this boy is the same one who was later charged.
Earlier on the same day, the girl attempted to report the harassment to school officials and casually mentioned wanting to call her father. Lawyers say school officials told her they didn’t “need to get parents involved right now.”
### Lawyers Speak Out
Attorney Benjamin Comeaux spoke at the school board meeting, saying, “What is she supposed to do? She’s reported it to the people who are supposed to protect her, but she was victimized.” He also claimed the boy involved in the altercation was never properly investigated or present at the expulsion hearing.
Attorney Matt Ory went further, accusing the school board of neglect. “This is how kids become suicidal. This, right here, and you guys are saying it’s okay!” he stated. “She asked for help. Not once, not twice. She is the victim. And now you took her out of school and suspended her? Excuse me, expelled her?”
Both attorneys criticized the board’s investigation as botched, particularly when investigators said they could not locate the circulated photo. “You didn’t find an image? I bet you didn’t, it’s Snapchat, it disappears!” Ory commented.
### School Board Response
Board Member Valerie Bourgeois acknowledged the girl was “a victim” but insisted she would never have been expelled “if she had not hit the young man.” Bourgeois suggested the situation could have been settled outside of school.
The board and Superintendent Jarrod Martin ultimately refused to revoke the expulsion. Instead, they amended it to allow the girl to return on probation.
“Sometimes in life, we can be both victims and perpetrators. Sometimes in life, horrible things happen to us, and we get angry and do things,” Martin said during the meeting, referring to a video of the bus altercation showing the girl hitting the top of the boy’s head. “The video you all watched depicts something that’s very difficult to defend.”
### No Criminal Charges for Girl
Lafourche County Sheriff Craig Webre assured that the female student would not face criminal charges “due to the totality of the circumstances.”
### Impact on the Girl
Throughout the hearing, the 13-year-old sat in the audience, flanked by her parents. Her father testified that her grades “plummeted” and that she “went through a depression and gave up” after the expulsion.
“The expulsion was way too extreme for a little girl who has never been in trouble in her life. A suspension would’ve been perfectly fine with me and I would’ve never said anything because I always believe in accountability, which is why I’m still pushing this issue. Accountability,” he said.
“She was wrong, but the school was also wrong by putting her in that place with the little boy at the time. In my mind, it goes both ways. Share that accountability.”
### Legal Action and Title IX Claims
The family plans to sue the school district, alleging it created a sexually hostile environment, failed to comply with Title IX, and neglected mandatory reporter obligations, according to CBS affiliate 4WWL.
Superintendent Martin responded, saying, “Any and all allegations of criminal misconduct on our campuses are immediately reported to the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office. After reviewing this case, the evidence suggests that the school did, in fact, follow all of our protocols and procedures for reporting such instances.”
The investigation is ongoing, and the sheriff’s office indicated that more arrests may occur.
The Post reached out to the Lafourche Parish County School District for comment.
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