Couple sues girls

that said “PREDATOR.”

In March, C.S. told a guidance counselor that T.F. had entered her home uninvited and sexually assaulted her, the complaint said. It alleged that she was coached by K.S. to make a false statement. That led to T.F. being charged April 9 with indecent assault, criminal trespass and simple assault. The next day he was put in leg and wrist shackles by police, removed from class and taken to a juvenile detention facility, where he stayed for nine days.

According to the complaint, on the night the assault allegedly occurred, T.F. had actually been invited by C.S. to hang out at her house with her and her friends. Defendants E.S. and H.R. were there, drinking alcohol with C.S., the complaint said. T.F. stayed a short time, did not drink any alcohol, and left.

Within a week of his arrest, the complaint said, T.F.’s parents had begun to unravel the story, alleging that Zelienople police “incompetently failed” to obtain exculpatory evidence, which included Snapchat messages and written statements from the girls.

By the end of May, a Butler County prosecutor interviewed E.S. and H.R., “who admitted to lying, and they stated that T.F. never committed a sexual assault,” the complaint said, adding that C.S. also admitted to lying.

On Aug. 30, charges from the second allegation were dismissed against T.F. Mr. Fishman said he is still waiting for the DA’s office to expunge his record and notes that no criminal charges have been filed against any of the girls “due to gender-based discrimination against males falsely accused of sexual assault,” the complaint said.

The complaint alleges gender discrimination under Title IX, negligence, conspiracy, defamation, malicious prosecution and other offenses including violation of the 14th Amendment requiring equal protection under the law. It seeks a jury trial.