Jury finds girls, parents liable for calling teacher 'perv'

[RockSushi]

[QUOTE]Two years after San Jose schoolgirls branded a teacher as a "perv" and "creeper" who inappropriately touched kids and peeked into their restroom, a civil jury Friday found the children and their parents financially liable for defamation in a case that pitted the rights of the accused against the aim of reporting perceived abuse.

The jury awarded $362,653 in compensatory damages to former Catholic school physical education teacher John Fischler after finding the families spread false statements about him that damaged his reputation. The 49-year-old broke into a huge smile Friday when he heard the favorable verdict, which his lawyer characterized as "complete vindication."

"I'm grateful the jury was able to see through the smoke screen and the truth came out." Fischler said in a choked voice outside the courtroom. "There's always going to be a scar. But the jury saw through the deception."[/QUOTE]

Source: [URL]http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_24535161/jury-finds-girls-parents-liable-calling-teacher-perv[/URL]

[Zonesylvania]

That'll fix those liars for spreading false statements about people. It's not a permanent fix for scummy kids, but this judgment's a start. Their behavior in the courtroom didn't help matters either though.

[quote]"If this trial prevents one little girl or one mother or father from reporting suspected abuse," lawyer Lee J. Danforth said Friday, "then this is profoundly sad for our society."[/quote]

wat. If there really is a question of abuse, then the truth will come out.

[EurofanBMW]

Good.

[Iconoclast]

Given how the ringleader laughed and danced during the trial she's probably got problems of her own.

[Rangergxi]

[QUOTE]She giggled often while testifying, and twice got off the witness stand, stood in front of the jury box and demonstrated a dance move and chant a school cheer. The jurors sat grim-faced without smiling.[/QUOTE]

What a disturbed person.

[Ganerumo]

Damn that girl is a fucking nutjob.

The saddest thing is, there is a plethora of people who do the same kind of defamation, minus the mental issues. She at least has the explanation of having serious issues that are partially out of her grasp on the side, but there are too many people out there who don't. And who somehow get away with it.

[Noss]

Put them on the sex offenders register

[Grimhound]

It wasn't because they called him a "perv". It's because they spread rumors that he had molested children that effectively destroyed his career.