MASON, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – The Mason School District in Ingham County asked a judge to dismiss a Title IX lawsuit brought by the alleged victim of a student reinstated after he allegedly sexually assaulted her in class. The district claims it has governmental immunity.

The lawsuit claims the district’s decision to reinstate the boy hinged on his influential parents, Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum and Ingham County Detective Sergeant Brad Delaney. They applied to have the school reinstate their son after a one year expulsion, per Michigan policy, and the district granted their request.

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The alleged victim’s attorney, Brandon Wolfe, told Michigan News Source his client did not want to press charges or take the stand after the May 2022 incidents. She believed the expulsion meant she could move on with her life.

However, the lawsuit said the boy’s reinstatement has caused the girl “significant distress” and has impacted her grades. In addition, she has a Personal Protection Order (PPO) against the boy which essentially is violated every day the two are in school together. District administrators developed a “no contact order” between the two students at the beginning of the school year.

Byrum and Delaney petitioned the court to have the lawsuit dismissed last month.