Atlanta criminal attorney wins acquittal for DeKalb teacher accused of allowing students to perform striptease dance in class
A DeKalb County jury has acquitted a former Southwest DeKalb High School teacher of charges which alleged that he allowed students to strip-dance and simulate sex acts in class. The "not guilty" verdict was handed down on Wednesday after two days of trial and six hours of deliberation.
The Atlanta Journal Constitution has the story.
The teacher, Nathan Grigsby, was charged with five counts of contributing to the deprivation of a minor. Grigsby was arrested after a video of the incident appeared on Facebook. The one minute video was captured by one of Grigsby’s students and depicted three male students stripping and performing simulated sex acts.
Prosecutors say that in addition to the inappropriate dancing the video showed Grigsby smiling in the background. Grigsby claims it was simply a look of shock. Grigsby explained to jurors that he had his back turned to the rest of the class when the dancing first started. He went on to explain that he ended the dancing as soon as he turned around and saw what was happening.
Prosecutors will now direct their attention to the three male students caught on the video. All three face public indecency charges.
Defense lawyer Jackie Patterson represented the teacher and did a great job in the case.
