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I can legally talk about the case now, so AMA about anything. The case was a sexual battery case vs one of the child care people and the school that hired him (the school had a lawyer, the person in question did not). The evidence showed that he touched a girl "2 inches below the belly button" on two separate occasions. We ruled that it was not sexual battery, and although the school was negligent in their supervision, they were not responsible for the girl becoming a shitty kid that was expelled from two schools after.

Edit: I was a juror you fucks
I can legally talk about the case now, so AMA about anything. The case was a sexual battery case vs one of the child care people and the school that hired him (the school had a lawyer, the person in question did not). The evidence showed that he touched a girl "2 inches below the belly button" on two separate occasions. We ruled that it was not sexual battery, and although the school was negligent in their supervision, they were not responsible for the girl becoming a shitty kid that was expelled from two schools after. Edit: I was a juror you fucks

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[–] PistolPete 1 points (+1|-0)

Why did the three think he touched the girl?
[–] jobes [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

Everyone was in agreement that he touched the girl below her belly button twice for 2 seconds each incident with fingers closed and never on the genital area, but the disagreements were in whether or not that would be perceived as molestation by the girl and potentially cause psychological harm to her. She was expelled from a school 2 years later and they were blaming her behavior as a result of the damages caused by those touches. A few people were staunchly in agreement that those touches could be troubling her constantly and could have caused the outburst of behavioral issues she has had for the last few years.
[–] PistolPete 1 points (+1|-0)

Did the parents seem like they were out for a payday at their daughters expense?
[–] jobes [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

It seemed like they were looking for a payday.

The mother's and father's testimonies were extremely contradictory in some areas, like the husband testifying that "my wife took care of alerting the school and cops because I would have not been responsible for my actions when doing so" vs the wife testifying that "my husband took care of the calls, I know he did". We actually had a special briefing from the judge that the wife was notified after the husband's testimony because they were so contradictory.

The prosecution was looking for $1.5 million in damages. Several jurors were uncomfortable with the outcome because they wanted to give some compensation to the girl, but nothing could be agreed upon to result in the school causing harm or the child care guy intentionally sexually battering her.
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