WA School Officials Charged After Trans Wrestler Allegedly Sexually Assaulted Female Opponent
“Principal Jason Smith, 55, and athletic coordinator Peter Collins, 49, were charged July 21 in Pierce County District Court with failure to comply with the mandatory reporting law.”
Back in June, we wrote about a disturbing case out of Washington state involving a teenage female Rogers High School wrestler who alleged she was sexually assaulted by an Emerald Ridge High School wrestler whom she says she later learned was transgender.
Alliance Defending Freedom, which is representing 16-year-old Kallie Keeler in lawsuits that have since been filed, shared details at the time on what allegedly happened at the December 2025 wrestling match, which took place during what was supposed to be a girls-only sporting event:
During the match, the male athlete sexually assaulted her, doing what wrestlers call an “oil check,” an illegal move where a wrestler will use their fingers to penetrate an opponent’s private areas through their spandex. This flagrant violation can result in penalties, disqualification, and criminal charges. Such an act has no place in any context, let alone wrestling, and Washington law treats this as a serious crime.
Visibly distressed, Kallie let herself be pinned so the match would end, then ran to her mother in tears. Only afterward did a coach from another team tell her that her opponent was male, adding to her feeling of being violated.
Two days later, Kallie’s mother reported the assault in writing to the coaches and gave them video of the match. A coach replied that she had not known the opponent was male and said she would follow up. Days went by. Then weeks passed. They hadn’t heard anything. Under Washington law, school personnel must report assault complaints to law enforcement within 48 hours. As it turned out, the district did not notify law enforcement for nearly two months, and only after a journalist contacted the school for comment.
Video of the alleged incident was hard to watch. You can see Keeler’s facial expression change to one of shock about midway through:
This is a sexual assault—unknowingly captured by a mom filming her daughter’s wrestling match.
Kallie didn’t know her opponent was male. But she knew something was very wrong.
Today @ADFLegal helped Kallie sue the WA officials who placed gender ideology above her safety. 🧵⬇️ pic.twitter.com/Oaywn4rGIk
— Kristen Waggoner (@KristenWaggoner) June 11, 2026
What made this especially maddening was the fact that in June, Pierce County (Washington) prosecutors announced they had declined to prosecute the unnamed trans athlete on rape charges on grounds that “it’s clear that any potential charges could not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.”
On June 5, the Pierce County Prosecutor’s Office declined to file criminal charges in the case because “it’s clear that any potential charges could not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.”
In reviewing the case, the prosecutor’s office cites a case concerning a basketball game where a player was punched and injured. An appellate court found that a person who willingly participates in sports consents to “potentially offensive contact.” Further, inappropriate touching of the genitals in wrestling is common enough where it has a nickname and any offensive or harmful touching was “a direct by-product of the game.”
In an update to this story, accountability may be coming for some local officials whom Keeler feels let her down. Charges have been filed against two Rogers High School officials for allegedly failing to report the assault allegations within the mandatory 48-hour period for notifying law enforcement:
The principal and athletic coordinator of Rogers High School in Puyallup have been accused of a gross misdemeanor for allegedly failing to notify authorities after a wrestler reported that she had been sexually assaulted by her trans opponent during a match.
Principal Jason Smith, 55, and athletic coordinator Peter Collins, 49, were charged July 21 in Pierce County District Court with failure to comply with the mandatory reporting law.
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Charging documents allege that Smith did not make any report to law enforcement or the Department of Children, Youth and Families before Jan. 30. That was 55 days after the incident. The mandatory reporting law, RCW 26.44.030, requires professional school personnel to make a report within 48 hours of receiving a credible written or oral report.
Collins also is accused of failing to make a report for the 55 days between Dec. 6, 2025 and Jan. 30.
Here is our original report on what happened to Kallie. No paywall. https://t.co/0t1WWnyBNv
— Brandi Kruse (@BrandiKruse) August 2, 2026
In June, when news broke that the athlete in question wouldn’t face criminal charges, the ADF noted they would be suing multiple parties:
That’s why, besides suing governing bodies @wiaawa, @waOSPI, and the Puyallup School District, we’re also suing:
– State superintendent Chris Reykdal
– Kallie’s principal
– Her school district’s Title IX coordinator
– Her opponent’s coach… and not just in their official capacities, but as individuals.
Relatedly, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights began investigating this case in February to “determine whether the District violated Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX) by allowing males to compete in female sports, allowing males to access locker rooms designated for use by female students, and failing to adequately respond to allegations of sexual assault.”
We’ll continue to keep you posted on developments in this case. Stay tuned.
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I worked in Protective Services.
Teachers generally don’t report.
It’s complicated, because there are so many claims of abuse made. I don’t know what would happen if every claim were reported.
During my tenure, someone unearthed a stash of 6000 uninvestigated reports. We followed up on them all, and most were rubbish. This is how systems break.
If they break then it sparks some form of change. Every person who didn’t report knows or should have known that they were required to by law. If they use their discretion as a substitute for law then they are assuming a risk.
And that’s the problem here. It was not within school officials’ authority to judge whether the complaint was valid or not. But they were not merely authorized to to report it, they were obliged to do so.
I have no doubt that most claims are rubbish. But (of course) some are not, and so Protective Services has to figure it out. I would hope you and your colleagues were diligent in doing your jobs.
Not sure what your concern has to do with the young wrestler in this report; video is rather clear and the reporting is contemporaneous. If the young woman and parents decide to pursue charges it’s going to become interesting.
Most were rubbish, but what about the others? Are you really trying to justify ignoring those? And, teachers are mandatory reporters.
Teachers, principals, school administrators are not allowed to make a “rubbish” discretionary judgment and not report. It’s why they are called “mandatory” reporters. Any one of this school employees or officials who received the report should be prosecuted.
I just completed my annual mandatory training on mandatory reporting. In Florida, EVERYONE is a mandated reporter; school employees must give their names.
Ours is not to reason why or determine whether the incident is abuse; our responsibility is to report what we’ve observed or have been told by a student. I have made the required reports when necessary.
Had that incident occurred in Florida, the opponent, male or female, would have been charged with sexual assault.
Pretty standard obligations now in every state thanks to title IX and case law precedent.
This case is unique because it can actually be a criminal misdemeanor in Washington state.
Also, I wouldn’t assume that the charges would be filed in FL. The prosecutor’s reasoning is unfortunately sound given the nature of wrestling and the burden of reasonable doubt.
OTOH, the laws in FL would have prevented this from happening in the first place.
Point of order. Very few laws actually prevent crimes from happening. They merely define the crime and attach penalties to it. At best, their deterrent effect is limited, but they are not prophylactic.
For instance, we frequently hear that background checks prevent those adjudicated as violent offenders from purchasing firearms. But this is not so. At best, they prevent them from buying firearms from legitimate sellers (FFLs and, in some States, private persons). Once they learn they can’t pass a background check, they can still acquire firearms from illegal sources. Although the law can prevent certain transactions (“background checks prevented X number of firearms to transfers to convicted felons last year”), they do not actually prevent convicted felons from acquiring firearms.
Overruled. Poster meant a male wouldn’t have been allowed to wrestle a female in the first place.
I worked in Florida, and reporting was mandatory, and the mandate was widely ignored, and nothing was done to non reporters.
The people who buried the reports were former employees when they were discovered.
Divorce produces a lot of reports. I had to follow up on a report that a separated father was feeding a child nothing but Burger King during visits.
This is not a recommended parenting style, but it seems unlikely the government can enforce academically approved nutrition.
Sorry for the run on sentence.
Alright, former wrestler. Better than average. There is a frelling reason that both males and females should wear a cup. Wrestling is the most injurious sport out there. During some matches, you need to roll your opponent over their head to facilitate a pinning maneuver that is called a stack. You either grab a knee or reach up under the groin area to get leverage. If you are not wearing a cup, you are going to have your ooh hah or hah ooh grabbed. If wearing a cup, that will not happen.
I actually separated an opponents kneecap once while performing this type of move. Felt the kneecap separate and stood up and called for my friends father to the mat….he was a Doctor.
For a supposed females only tournament where this occurred….I blame both the tournament organizers, the male and the team that allowed the boy to participate. I also blame the absolute idiocy of not providing the proper protective equipment.
I was an avid wrestler, reffed in numerous tournaments and only left the sport when injuries prevented advancement. Anyone that would facilitate such a maneuver as described not only deserves to be charged with aggravated assault, they need to be b**** slapped for about 30 minutes or so.
Oh by the way, wanted to state one thing that is not mentioned very often, this crud about females participating in male sports or vice versa….this is NOT NEW. It happened when I was wrestling, females thought they could participate in male wrestling back in the 70s and 80s. You know what we did? Refused to participate……30 years later they are trying again……what do you think will work THIS time?
There is a difference between a female attempting to participate in a male sport because there is no female equivalent and a biological male calling themselves a transwoman and participating in a female sport. This is the latter. You experienced the former.
That is why I blame the organizers, the male and the team for the assault. All should be charged as conspirators of the crime.
I agree with you.
One of the girls from my high school in Wa who started pushing to be in male sports. I think she might have been one of the first wrestlers in around 88/89.
Sexually this girl was a mess. That doesn’t make them all like that. She was also meth addict about a decade later.
Let’s see how the principal and athletic coordinator like being groped in prison.
It’s a sick and twisted situation created by leftists in education and sports…facilitating or tolerating biological men in women’s sports should be completely unacceptable; thoroughly disgusting and shameful democrats are…makes me want to vomit.
Kallie (and Mom),
Thank you for continuing to pursue this aberration/abominable act. No matter what leftists and others who support trans, in sports, it is wrong. XX and XY are not and will never be equal.
Once again “progressives” admire standards so much that they keep more than one set handy.
“Believe all women” – unless the story doesn’t fit the preferred story.
I’m sure a lot of SA claims are bogus ones – always have been – as historically many lynched young black men could have attested to – if they were still alive – but this was reported contemporaneously – with some video documentation – and even without prior knowledge that the “female” athlete….. wasn’t. Even if want to you argue there should be filtering out of SA claims before reporting – the law says not. And this particular case at first glance shows no indication of being bogus – just uncomfortable for any woke “Trans are all sainted victims who can do no wrong” narrative.
This is the district my daughter would have been competing in (track/cross country). Second to public safety this was high on my list for fleeing the state.
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