The parents of a Seneca Valley School student have filed a lawsuit claiming their son was wrongfully arrested for sexually assaulting a girl.
The suit claims the girl made up the claims last summer, which led to an arrest, prosecution and incarceration of their son despite him doing nothing wrong.
Parents Michael and Alecia Flood of Zelienople filed the suit Monday in federal court. They allege their son- who was not named in the suit other than with his initials T.F.- was the target of a made-up sexual assault allegation spearheaded by his female supervisor, Megan Villegas, when he worked as a lifeguard at the Zelienople Community Pool.
The suit alleges Villegas conspired with four other girls, labeled as “mean girls” in the suit, to falsely claim that T.F. had committed sexual assault against two of them. The four other girls were identified as K.S., C.S., E.S., and H.R.
Prosecutors allege the Seneca Valley student had to endure multiple court appearances, detention in a juvenile facility and was forced to wear an ankle-monitoring bracelet as a result of these false allegations. The suit also claims the Seneca Valley School District and the Butler County District Attorney’s Office were “biased in favor of females who accuse males of sexual assault, and biased against males falsely accused of sexual assault, and who are the subject of harassment and bullying at school,” according to the suit.
“Although T.F. lost his liberty and his civil rights were infringed upon, his tormentors suffered no repercussions as a result of the lies they told,” according to the suit.
In the summer of 2017, T.F. was employed as a lifeguard at the Zelienople Community Pool. According to the suit, Villegas and K.S. also worked at the pool. In June, Villegas advised others that she was going to get T.F. fired from his job at the pool, according to the suit.
“After conspiring with Villegas, K.S. falsely accused T.F. of committing a sexual assault at the pool on or around July, 19, 2017. Villegas was not at the pool at the time of the alleged assault, but nevertheless told her boss that she had been present at the time of the assault, and that K.S. told her about the assault the next day after it occurred,” according to the suit.
T.F. was fired a few days later.
Then in October, K.S. allegedly told others that she would do anything to get T.F. expelled from school. K.S. was then overheard by a teacher telling other students that she had been sexually assaulted. K.S. was called into the guidance counselor’s office, where she then allegedly accused T.F. of the sexual assault.
According to the suit, the guidance counselor reported the allegation to Childline, and K.S. was interviewed by an employee of the Butler County Alliance for Children, where she allegedly again asserted that T.F. had sexually assaulted her.
At one point in the interview, the suit claims K.S. said: “I just don’t like to hear him talk. I don’t like to look at him. I just don’t like him.”
T.F. was subsequently charged with indecent assault and harassment. He entered a plea deal in which he did not admit the sexual assault allegations, but was ordered to probation for six months.
In March of 2018, the suit alleges T.F. received a Snapchat message from C.S. inviting him to “hang out” with her and her friends at her parents’ home. When T.F. arrived, he said C.S., E.S, and H.R. were consuming alcoholic beverages and discussing purchasing marijuana. T.F. visited briefly, did not consume alcohol, and departed the residence.
A few days later, the suit alleges C.S. told the guidance counselor at school that T.F. had entered her home uninvited and sexually assaulted her. T.F. was subsequently charged with indecent assault, criminal trespass and simple assault.
“On April 10, 2018, T.F. was removed from class at Seneca Valley High School and placed in leg and wrist shackles by the Jackson Township Police Department. He was taken to Keystone Education Center where he was incarcerated for nine days and eight nights,” according to the suit. He was later released on house arrest.
The suit alleges several other Seneca Valley students have since come forward claiming the “mean girls” lied about everything regarding T.F. In May 2018, a Butler County assistant district attorney interviewed E.S. and H.R. who admitted to lying, and they stated T.F. never committed a sexual assault, according to the suit.
The suit seeks unspecified civil damages and a jury trial against the girls’ parents, the school district and Butler County District Attorney Richard Goldinger’s office.
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