Female Trans Student Attacked in Boys’ Room, Suffers Broken Jaw
KARE. “I’ve never talked to him, never done anything negative to him. And I was insulted and then eventually hit in the jaw.“I was hit in the jaw, and at the time, one of my teeth exploded, pieces in my mouth.
My jaw was broken in two places … molar, just shattered.”Sovereign’s father, Mark Walztoni, confirmed that his daughter’s jaw was broken in two places.
She suffered a compound fracture and lost teeth, requiring reconstructive surgery.Despite having to be hospitalized for her injuries, Walztoni claimed school officials told him to notify the police, rather than doing it themselves.
He told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, the host of the program The Source, he was displeased the incident “wasn’t treated as an emergency.”Walztoni believes the students responsible for attacking his daughter should face criminal charges as well as disciplinary action.However, whether charges are eventually brought will depend on whether police are able to gather enough evidence, and whether the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office believes it can successfully prosecute the case.“There has to be repercussions for their actions,” Walztoni said.The Minnetonka Police Department is investigating the incident as a “possible hate crime.” The department noted, in a statement to CNN, that “details remain limited as the case was reported to police after school had ended for the day.”Minnetonka Police Chief Scott Boerboom told CNN that the police department received a report from Sovereign’s mother — not school officials — on the day of the attack, and that he only personally learned of the incident on the following Monday.
