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Tennessee school board member charged after calling teenage girl ‘hot’
Keith Ervin, 59, was charged with assault after he told a student ‘God – you’re hot’ at a public meeting in April An east Tennessee school board member who told a teenage girl, “God – you’re hot,” on video at a public meeting in April has been charged with assault. State prosecutors on 18 May charged 59-year-old Keith Ervin under a Tennessee statute that outlaws “intentionally or knowingly [causing] physical contact with another [that] a reasonable person would regard … as extremely offensive or provocative”. Continue reading...
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Keith Ervin, 59, was charged with assault after he told a student ‘God – you’re hot’ at a public meeting in April An east Tennessee school board member who told a teenage girl, “God – you’re hot,” on video at a public meeting in April has been charged with assault. State prosecutors on 18 May charged 59-year-old Keith Ervin under a Tennessee statute that outlaws “intentionally or knowingly [causing] physical contact with another [that] a reasonable person would regard … as extremely offensive or provocative”. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, Tennessee school board member charged after calling teenage girl ‘hot’, Keith Ervin, 59, was charged with assault after he told a student ‘God – you’re hot’ at a public meeting in April An east Tennessee school board member who told a teenage girl, “God – you’re hot,” on video at a public meeting in April has been charged with assault. State prosecutors on 18 May charged 59-year-old Keith Ervin under a Tennessee statute that outlaws “intentionally or knowingly [causing] physical contact with another [that] a reasonable person would regard … as extremely offensive or provocative”. Continue reading…
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