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re: School board member who hugged teen and called her ‘hot’ is charged with assault
Posted on 5/20/26 at 9:13 am to StringedInstruments
Posted on 5/20/26 at 9:13 am to StringedInstruments
Should there have been consequences? Yes
Should there be a charge? No
Should there be a charge? No
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Posted on 5/20/26 at 9:16 am to nes2010
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During the public comment part of a May 7 meeting, the student called the adult members of the school board “cowards” for what she characterized as their “failure to act.” “To begin, I want to address Ervin’s actions, which were not only unwelcome, but sexist and derogatory,” she said, standing at a podium in front of the members, including Ervin, who sat with his arms crossed as she spoke. “I know this because he has not behaved this way with any of our male members, nor do I believe that he ever would.”
In her public comments, the teen told the board members that she does not accept “your fake apologies used to protect yourselves. I do not believe that you deserve that peace of mind.”
The members did not respond to her and moved on to other meeting agenda items.
2 to 1 when she lawyered up, her lawyer wrote that...
Posted on 5/20/26 at 9:21 am to UFFan
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Actually, it probably does meet the criteria for subsection 1(c) of the assault statute, which is unwanted touching.
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(a) A person commits assault who:
(1) Intentionally, knowingly or recklessly causes bodily injury to another;
(2) Intentionally or knowingly causes another to reasonably fear imminent bodily injury; or
(3) Intentionally or knowingly causes physical contact with another and a reasonable person would regard the contact as extremely offensive or provocative.
I think for (3) to work, reasonable people would need to regard the contact as extremely offensive or provocative. But as seen in this thread--with multiple OTers who are always reasonable--it's not so cut and dry.
I guess when combined with the comment, you could say it was provocative. Physical touch + flirtatious comment = sexual intent.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 9:22 am to StringedInstruments
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I’m not sure I see how someone can be charged with assault for a side hug.
It’s ridiculous.
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But also, he shouldn’t have hugged her.
Agree 100%. He should face disciplinary action from the board, but a criminal charge for a side hug is beyond absurd.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 9:28 am to UltimaParadox
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he was just saying "she was on a roll".
IIRC, wasn't this at least a plausible explanation for what he said? Like it was even within that context, as opposed to him making an observation that the HS kid "was hot" as in attractiveness? I thought it was at least plausible that that was what he was doing/saying.
Or am I misremembering it?
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I understand expelling him from the school board, but you can’t convict him of a crime for something like that. It was creepy but not criminal.
If it was more than simply "you're hot" as in "man, you're on fire", then that seems fair and I agree.
This post was edited on 5/20/26 at 9:31 am
Posted on 5/20/26 at 9:31 am to Supermoto Tiger
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Supermoto Tiger
Posted on 5/20/26 at 9:34 am to StringedInstruments
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(3) Intentionally or knowingly causes physical contact with another and a reasonable person would regard the contact as extremely offensive or provocative.
I agree that underlined part definitely comes into play since it was physical contact and the flirtatious comment.
And as someone else pointed out, the fact that he's an elected official; they most likely needed to file charges to either have him removed or to force him to "voluntarily" stepdown.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 9:37 am to StringedInstruments
Throwing the book at a perv. Meanwhile thousands of actual child rapists are walking fee.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 9:43 am to StringedInstruments
Based on her quotes, she seems like a badass!
Posted on 5/20/26 at 9:47 am to StringedInstruments
quote:so , I went to the Dictionary and looked up “Poor Judgment” …
quote: A Tennessee school board member who hugged a teenage girl and called her “hot”
Posted on 5/20/26 at 9:57 am to StringedInstruments
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The charge of assault — physical contact stems from an incident on April 2, when Keith Ervin put his arm around the girl, a student member of the board, hugged her from the side and told her, “God, you’re hot,” after she had just wrapped up asking questions about career and technical education.
So basically #MeToo is still going strong.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 10:08 am to StringedInstruments
Charging this guy with assault for putting his arm around a teenager is stupid. But it reminds me of a time when me and the kid next were playing at my granny's house. He broke one of her windows with a rock, but my granny took the switch to me. I pleaded with her that I didn't break her window, but she said, "Well, even if you didn't, you deserve this for something else you did that I don't know about."
The point is that any old man who hugs a teenage girl while saying "my God you're hot" probably deserves punishment for other things he's done that we don't know about.
The point is that any old man who hugs a teenage girl while saying "my God you're hot" probably deserves punishment for other things he's done that we don't know about.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 11:46 am to nes2010
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During the public comment part of a May 7 meeting, the student called the adult members of the school board “cowards” for what she characterized as their “failure to act.” “To begin, I want to address Ervin’s actions, which were not only unwelcome, but sexist and derogatory,” she said, standing at a podium in front of the members, including Ervin, who sat with his arms crossed as she spoke. “I know this because he has not behaved this way with any of our male members, nor do I believe that he ever would.”
In her public comments, the teen told the board members that she does not accept “your fake apologies used to protect yourselves. I do not believe that you deserve that peace of mind.”
The members did not respond to her and moved on to other meeting agenda items.
Is there anything they can actually do or is this just grandstanding?
Posted on 5/20/26 at 12:30 pm to StringedInstruments
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But as seen in this thread--with multiple OTers who are always reasonable--it's not so cut and dry.
I guess when combined with the comment, you could say it was provocative. Physical touch + flirtatious comment = sexual intent.
If some creepy old dude is calling my teenage daughter hot and trying to hug her, I'm perfectly okay with him getting slapped with a misdemeanor assault charge at a minimum.
Bunch of weirdos between the original thread and this one trying to defend this dude.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 12:50 pm to CocomoLSU
I think you’re right. She had just debated someone it made great points in a topic and he put his finger in her shoulder like touching something and said something about her being really hot ( temperature wise). He then put and arm around her and did a kinda side hug asking her what school she went to and telling her she was really impressive (in context of being a student allowed to participate on the board)
Inappropriate, sure I can see that. Criminal is just reaching based off of fake outrage
Inappropriate, sure I can see that. Criminal is just reaching based off of fake outrage
Posted on 7/14/26 at 10:47 am to StringedInstruments
It depends on the state law, but in many places, physical assault doesn't require a punch. Any unwanted, intentional physical contact that causes offense or discomfort can technically trigger a charge.
I was actually reading a breakdown on how defense attorneys evaluate these cases on the McCabe Law in Boulder site. It usually comes down to whether a reasonable person would find that specific contact offensive given the context.
Since he did it publicly to a student board member after she spoke, the power dynamic alone makes it completely non-consensual. Creepy behavior for sure, and legally, it looks like it crosses the line into battery/assault in a lot of jurisdictions.
I was actually reading a breakdown on how defense attorneys evaluate these cases on the McCabe Law in Boulder site. It usually comes down to whether a reasonable person would find that specific contact offensive given the context.
Since he did it publicly to a student board member after she spoke, the power dynamic alone makes it completely non-consensual. Creepy behavior for sure, and legally, it looks like it crosses the line into battery/assault in a lot of jurisdictions.
Posted on 7/14/26 at 10:50 am to StringedInstruments
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