Verdict in on Former Loudoun County Superintendent Caught Up in Alleged Trans Rape Coverup

After a rigorous five-day trial, ex-Loudoun County Public Schools Superintendent Scott Ziegler was found guilty by a jury, comprised of six women and one man, of abusing his position of power to take punitive action against a teacher who was cooperating with a grand jury. This jury was tasked with investigating the school district’s handling of sexual assault incidents.

The outcome was that Ziegler had unlawfully terminated a teacher for revealing to Virginia investigators the district’s oversight in dealing with a sexual assault incident in her classroom. The charges he was convicted of include using his official title to retaliate against someone for standing up for their rights. In another charge, where he was accused of penalizing someone for giving testimony to a jury, he was acquitted.

Ziegler could be met with a penalty of up to 12 months behind bars, a fine of $2,500, or both. Sentencing will be held on January 4, 2024, as stated by Judge Douglas Fleming Jr. The affected teacher, Erin Brooks, showed relief at the jury’s decision.

The case took a turn when prosecutors, appointed by Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares, discovered the district’s attempts to conceal a bathroom assault. In their search for answers, they were directed to Brooks. Following her cooperation with the grand jury, Brooks was abruptly dismissed by Ziegler.

Interestingly, out of the vast number of teachers under LCPS – totaling 15,000 – Brooks was the only one Ziegler pointed out for termination during a school board meeting in June 2022.

School board member John Beatty testified that Ziegler justified his decision by accusing Brooks of revealing private data to a conservative activist and to the grand jury.

However, this accusation, as it turns out, was baseless. Punishing Brooks for providing honest testimony to a jury, especially when she had been officially summoned, would be a legal violation.

During the trial, Democratic school board member Brenda Sheridan was interrogated about certain confidential admissions made by Ziegler. Sheridan was chair during the gender-fluid rape coverup.

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Instead of affirming or denying these allegations, she evaded the question, justifying her stance by saying her conversations with Ziegler were protected by attorney-client privilege since division attorney Robert Falconi was present during their conversation.

However, LCPS, frequently through Falconi, often obstructed the special grand jury’s work. Falconi, in particular, had been suspected of witness tampering due to his pivotal role in suppressing information about the assault. But, due to Virginia’s legal framework lacking a witness tampering law, he escaped indictment.

Ziegler’s defense maintained that the firing of Brooks was due to concerns over student privacy. Yet, no tangible evidence was provided that any confidential information was disclosed or that school policies were breached.

The details that emerged during the trial painted a distressing picture of what Brooks and her teaching assistant Laurie Vandermeulen had to deal with daily, as they were continuously harassed by a student with intellectual disabilities.

As reported by the Daily Wire:

“Prosecutors laid out a devastating timeline of retaliation against Brooks, who was trying to get administrators to do something about the fact that a student with intellectual disabilities was grabbing the genitals of her and her teaching assistant Laurie Vandermeulen dozens of times a day, while making crude motions with his tongue.”

“Administrators offered the educators a piece of cardboard called ‘no-no hands,’ and told them to hold it in front of their groins. They also offered to buy them dog groomer aprons to wear to ‘slow down penetration,’” they said.

In seeking help, Vandermeulen appealed to Ian Prior, a regular speaker at school board meetings, to relay their ordeal to the board.

What followed after this public disclosure was a series of events where Brooks faced increased scrutiny and adversity from the school administration. This culminated in her unjust firing, in spite of a previously glowing performance evaluation.

The culmination of these actions indicates that, rather than addressing the issue at hand, school officials seemed more focused on silencing those who were raising the alarm. As prosecutor Brandon Wrobleski observed, the change in Brooks’ status – from being hailed as Teacher of the Year to being dismissed – underscores the broader issue at play.

Ziegler’s defense made attempts to pin the blame on Brooks and Vandermeulen, implying that their own actions might have contributed to the assaults. This argument, however, was not solidly backed with evidence.

Upon the conclusion of the trial, the jury’s verdict indicates the recognition of Ziegler’s undue actions against Brooks, likely due to her disclosures rather than her absence from work.

Ziegler’s legal woes are far from over. Post his sentencing in January, he will face another trial over a separate misdemeanor charge related to his misleading statements at a school board meeting, in which he denied knowledge of any sexual assaults taking place in LCPS restrooms.

The denial was vehement as he was admonishing parents over their concerns regarding a transgender policy under consideration at the school all the while there is evidence that suggests he was aware of a boy wearing a skirt went into the girls bathroom and anally raped a ninth grader just weeks prior.

It is worth mentioning that Ziegler himself appeared in court wearing earrings and nail polish.

In the aftermath of the trial, Harrigan, Ziegler’s attorney, hinted that a “somewhat legally complex” “motion to set aside the jury’s verdict” would be filed.

The transgender movement to infiltrate girls sports, restrooms and locker rooms is not a joke. Not only does it degrade women, it clearly can be physical threat to them.

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