6-year-old made to perform sex act as classmates recorded it on iPad: report

The enraged parents of a six-year-old student at a Texas elementary school say she was forced to perform a sex act on one classmate as another recorded it on a school-issued iPad. The alleged sexual assault at Plainview South Elementary sent shockwaves through the community and led to protestors swarming the school to demand more transparency and better handling of the case last week. The Plainview Independent School District, however, refuted the allegations of assault May 10, saying the sexual contact between the two six-year-old students was mutual.

According to The New York Post, the incident occurred on April 19 at Plainview South Elementary but came to light only when word spread on social media.

The six-year-old girl told her family that a boy in her class pulled her under the desk and forced her to perform a sexual act. Another student recorded the whole thing on a school-issued iPad while a teacher who was in the classroom did not see or hear anything.

Heather Gonzales, an older cousin of the girl, said she tried to resist the assault. “She said she was hitting him with the poetry book,” Gonzales said.