Student: School Expelled Me For Non-Consensual Sex

Kentucky Teen Files Lawsuit

COVINGTON, Ky. -- A Kentucky teenager has filed a lawsuit against her former high school.

At issue is the school's policy against students having sex. While Jessica Frietch and her family admit that she had sex, Freitch says the sex she had wasn't consensual, Cincinnati TV station WLWT reported.

Frietch, an 'A' student, filed the suit against Calvary Christian School Tuesday. She was expelled nearly a year ago, but waited until she turned 18 so she could personally file the suit in Kenton County Court, WLWT reported.

"She felt very deeply that she had been wronged by the school," Jessica's mother, Sarah Frietch, said Tuesday. "She has always said, and maintains, that this was not consensual. And for her to be expelled is completely the wrong step for this school to take."

Added family attorney Edwin Kagin: "To expel a young lady under these conditions and put a mark of shame on her life that seems somehow profoundly immoral."

The Frietch family went to police and reported that the sex wasn't consensual, Hamrick reported. But after investigators looked at the case, they came to the same conclusion that the school came to: No crime had been committed.

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"We're very sorry for the young lady, that she feels wronged," Calvary Christian attorney Tom Kerr said. "But I believe as the facts come forward that the school will be vindicated."

Kerr added that all students and their parents are aware of the strict rules at the school at the time of their enrollment, and Freitch's claim notwithstanding, must adhere to them at all times.

"No one forces a student to come to Calvary," Kerr said. "When the parent enrolls the student, they sign an agreement saying they will abide by those standards and that the student will abide, too."

Meanwhile, the teen's mother said their family has been devastated, WLWT reported.

"It's not easy to have a Christian institution do more to you than what's already been done, then have to pull your family back together again," Sarah Frietch said.

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