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A California physical education teacher has been charged with corporal
injury to a child after video surfaced of him attempting to throw a
14-year-old girl into the pool during his class, News10 reports. On the
video — taken by another student — Edison High School P.E. teacher Denny
Peterson can be seen dragging the girl toward the pool while she yells,
“My top is falling down.” The lawyer representing her, Gilbert Somera,
admitted that the girl was lying about her reason for not wanting to go
in the pool — she had had her hair done earlier that day for an event
she was attending that evening and didn’t want it ruined — before adding
that it was immaterial to the way in which she was treated, given the
claim she was making.“Regardless of her participation, it should disgust you how this man put his hands on a 14-year-old girl. She said multiple times, ‘My top is falling down,’” he said.
“‘No’ means ‘no’ and ‘stop’ means ‘stop,’” Somera continued. “This isn’t a situation where she’s attacking a teacher and he’s defending himself. When a woman or a 14-year-old girl says ‘no,’ it means ‘no.’”
Moreover, he said, Peterson had the option of punishing her academically for her refusal to participate.
Peterson was put on leave after the incident, but was later reinstated at another Stockton Unified School District campus. After being alerted by News10 that charges had been filed against him, however, the district again placed Peterson on leave.
In a statement, the district said
that it “has taken appropriate action in this case. The teacher has
been placed on paid administrative leave per district policy.”
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