4 Caldwell High, TX, volleyball players forcibly stripped teammate on school bus
Four Caldwell High School students face felony charges after a teammate says they forcibly removed her clothes on a school bus, exposing her genitals. Katherine Hart, 18, Marina Brinkman, 17, Sophie Goodman, 17, and Kadie Hartman, 17, are charged with indecency with a child by exposure. According to the arrest affidavits, the incident happened Sept. 21 on the team’s way home from a game in Bell County.
The victim, a 14-year-old girl, told the Milam County Sheriff's Office that Goodman acted as the “lookout.” Goodman “played music as loud as possible” and “sang as loud as she could to cover any sound the victim made,” according to the arrest affidavits. The victim also told the Milam County Sheriff’s Office that Brinkman held her down while Hart and Hartman removed her “pants and panties to her mid shin and exposed her genitals.” The victim said she repeatedly told them to stop.
Caldwell ISD Superintendent Andy Peters said there were four adult staff members on the bus that night. Wendy Weiss, the head softball coach, drove the bus. Head Volleyball Coach Jane Anne Giese and assistant coaches Marcus Escalante and Kara Rau sat in the front. Peters said the school bus did not have a surveillance camera when the incident happened. But he said one has since been installed.
Goodman told a Burleson County deputy the girls “were looking for a target to rape.” After the team arrived back in Caldwell, the victim’s sister picked her up.
Hart walked up to the car and said “we basically just raped your sister on the bus ride home.”
Indecency with a child is a third-degree felony punishable by two to 10 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine.
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