{"id":4118,"date":"2025-10-15T19:14:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T19:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/parents-must-post-125k-bond-to-pursue-title-ix-lawsuit-judge-rules\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T19:14:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T19:14:40","slug":"parents-must-post-125k-bond-to-pursue-title-ix-lawsuit-judge-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/parents-must-post-125k-bond-to-pursue-title-ix-lawsuit-judge-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents Must Post $125K Bond to Pursue Title IX Lawsuit, Judge Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A legal battle is escalating in Loudoun County, Virginia, where two boys face a Title IX investigation and suspension after expressing discomfort over a female student, identifying as male, being present in their locker room. The situation intensified when the female student filmed the boys, leading to their suspension for alleged &#8220;s*xual harassment,&#8221; while she faced no disciplinary action. Now, parents Seth Wolfe and Renae Smith are suing the Loudoun County School Board (LCPS), challenging the Title IX investigation.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent development, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema has ordered the parents to post a $125,000 bond to cover LCPS&#8217;s potential legal fees if the school board prevails in pre-trial motions. This order has sparked further controversy, particularly as LCPS dismissed a similar s*xual harassment complaint against a third boy who was Muslim, while proceeding with the case against the two Christian boys. Wolfe and Smith have launched a GiveSendGo campaign to raise funds for their legal defense, highlighting the financial burden and the broader implications of the case for parental rights and school policies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A legal battle is escalating in Loudoun County, Virginia, where two boys face a Title IX investigation and suspension after expressing discomfort over a female student, identifying as male, being present in their locker room. The situation intensified when the female student filmed the boys, leading to their suspension for alleged &#8220;s*xual harassment,&#8221; while she [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"inline_featured_image":false,"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4118\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}