During a Loudoun County school board meeting in June, Scott Smith was arrested, hit in the face and dragged out before he could tell the board what had happened to his daughter.
According to Smith, she had been raped in a school bathroom by a boy wearing a skirt.
Smithâs attorney confirmed the account and said the boy had been charged with two counts of forcible sodomy, one count of anal sodomy and one count of forcible fellatio, all in connection with the May 28 attack.
The local sheriffâs office confirmed that a report of âforcible sodomy and sexual batteryâ matching the date and location of Smithâs story did indeed exist.
At the time of the June 22 meeting, the school board was deciding whether or not to move forward with a new policy allowing âTransgenderâ students â in practice, any students who claim to identify as the opposite sex â to use the bathrooms of their choice.
School superintendent Scott Ziegler assured parents at the meeting that there was no cause for concern, saying, âTo my knowledge, we donât have any record of assaults occurring in our restrooms.â
New reports indicate this was a flat-out lie â the school knew of the May 28 assault and chose to cover it up while officials conducted public discussions about potentially allowing males into female locker rooms and bathrooms.
Wayne Byard, Loudoun County Public Schools public information officer, said it was actually the school that contacted the sheriffâs department âwithin minutes of receiving the initial report on May 28,â according to WTOP-TV.
In a Wednesday statement, the Loudoun County school board claimed it had chosen to remain silent âin order not to interfere with the police investigation,â Newsweek reported.
But the school board didnât simply remain silent. It seemingly lied when Ziegler claimed âwe donât have any record of assaults occurringâ in the districtâs restrooms.
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Whatâs more, the 15-year-old boy who allegedly raped Smithâs daughter had been charged with sexually assaulting another student on school property five months earlier, according to Newsweek.
This is a massive scandal. Every media outlet should be reporting on Loudoun Countyâs apparent cover-up.
That being the case, itâs no surprise that the establishment media is completely ignoring this story.
After all, it debunks one of the leftâs most precious narratives: that allowing men into female spaces poses no danger to women.
As Ziegler was trying to convince Loudoun County parents of this idea, he even quoted a left-wing source, saying, âTime Magazine in 2016 called that a red herring, that the data was simply not playing out that Transgender students were more likely to assault cisgender students in restrooms than were other students.â
This media spin totally misses the point.
Parents arenât primarily worried about Transgender individuals turning out to be predators. Rather, they share the reasonable concern that predators may attempt to take advantage of transgender policies.
After all, thereâs no way to verify whether someone is actually suffering from gender dysphoria or if theyâre simply saying so to gain access to gender-specific areas.
When any man or woman can say theyâre of the opposite sex, knowing theyâll be taken at their word, predators are given a free pass to potential victims in places where theyâre at their most vulnerable.
School officials, establishment media outlets and left-wing activists will do everything they can to keep that truth from getting out.
Thankfully, their efforts wonât be enough, for one simple reason: Parents arenât going to stop until their children are safe.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.