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Lawsuit Filed Days After Pierce County Declines Charges in Alleged Wrestling Match Sexual Assault
The complaint seeks damages and new sports and reporting rules after prosecutors said evidence was insufficient to file criminal charges.
- A Washington high school wrestler and her mother filed a federal lawsuit Monday in U.S. District Court in Tacoma, challenging policies on transgender student athletes following an alleged December 2025 sexual assault during a girls wrestling match.
- The complaint alleges the Puyallup School District waited 53 days to report the incident to law enforcement, violating a mandatory 48-hour reporting law after the student was allegedly assaulted during the Dec. 6, 2025, wrestling match.
- On June 6, Pierce County prosecutors declined to file charges, citing insufficient evidence to prove Rape 3 at trial because they believed a consent defense under state law governing athletic contact would likely succeed.
- Seeking damages and policy changes, the lawsuit names the Puyallup School District, state officials, and school administrators as defendants; Puyallup School District spokesperson Sarah Gillispie said officials are reviewing the matter.
- The case emerges amid federal Title IX investigations into the district and broader political conflict over Washington's athletic policies, which face heightened scrutiny following President Donald Trump's executive order titled 'Keeping Men out of Women's Sports.
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