The father of a teenager accused of sexual assault in an incident that grazed a Brooklyn soccer player claimed it was all just “horseplay” while sharing locker room footage taken on the same day.
Arlie Hunter is traumatized after the arrest of her 14-year-old son, one of three junior varsity football players charged in last week's “pants-removal” incident at James Madison High School. , said the prank was carried out against several players. his own son.
“[The alleged victim] My son said he pulled down his pants,'' Hunter told the Post on Monday. “It was horseplay. The kids are playing and my son is handcuffed? He's traumatized and he's being interrogated like he killed someone in the back of the police station.
“The dean wanted me to hear what happened, and he said, 'Dad, I don't know what they're talking about.' It was a pants game, guys. They're doing it to everyone. They did it to me. It's a game,” Hunter said.
Other Hayling videos from the same day, taken by Hunter's son, show the JV team in the locker room, with one teenage boy sitting on the bench giggling and two boys next to him. The video shows the boy sitting with his arms around him while the other boy tries to take off his pants.
At one point, the boy is on the ground and another boy appears to punch and lightly kick him in the groin, while most of the other boys in the room appear to be laughing. is.
Officials said the alleged victim's mother called police to report the incident, but the school and NYPD did not take the haze as a laughing matter. It is unclear whether the alleged assault occurred before or after the hazing that was captured on video.
Three Madison JV players, ages 13, 14 and 15, were arrested and charged by police, and the school suspended the team's games, at least temporarily.
Given the suspect's age and other factors, it is expected that if this case progresses, it will be brought to family court.
James Madison High School officials referred questions about the incident to the city Department of Education, which did not respond to a request for comment.
The alleged victim's mother declined to speak with the Post on Sunday, while the JV coach and the school's athletic department declined to comment.
“They fired the coach! That was a mistake,” Hunter said Monday. “He walked right past the coach, [the victim]I walked right past the coach and said nothing, then went home and told my mom.
“What happened to the little kids who were just playing with their horses? They weren't doing anything wrong with guns,” he added. “They put up the grades to get on that team. The streets will never get my son. He's never been in trouble. He's in the ninth grade and practices every day after school. Masu.
“If he's not at practice, he's at school. If he's not at school or practice, he's at home. My son doesn't play.”
The 99-year-old school has been at the center of controversy before.
Deslyn Willock, a mother at the school, is suing the school and former football coach Nicholas Nugent for $2.5 million, accusing her son of slamming his head into a wall last year.
Willock told the Post on Sunday that she was not surprised by the school's lack of response to recent alleged incidents.
Nugent has pleaded not guilty to assault and intimidation charges, which are still pending.
In 2015, a Madison School teacher was accused of having sex with a student at the school.
