One of the girls was informed by Hopkins that they would get married when she grew up. Without realizing it, he
Established a society where the girls vied for his love, Fornshell explained. The prosecutor noted that in some circumstances,
The assault was harder for the parents of the children since they comprehended what has happened, but the girls are too young to understand.
All 88 videotaped events were presented to a grand jury, which produced an indictment on 36 counts pertaining to Hopkins’ contact with 28 of the students, Fox 19 reported. The prosecutor
Stated that it might have been because of the way each girl was touched, but he did not go into detail as to why the grand jury only indicted 28 of the 88 students. In the end, the grand jury had to
Decide what constituted criminal contact that warranted a charge and what was just improper contact. Hopkins entered a not guilty plea.