Teen with Down Syndrome accused of sexual harassment

PARK HILLS, MO (KFVS) -He’s a 14 year old with Down Syndrome and now his family is fighting to defend him against allegations of sexual harassment.

It’s a very interesting story unfolding in the Central R-3 School District in Park Hills.

Superintendent Desmond Mayberry says the district took disciplinary action against 14-year-old Alec Scott last week over an incident that happened on a school bus.

The bus aid says Scott hugged her in a manner she deemed to be sexual in nature and inappropriate. But Scott’s sister and home health aid say they were there to witness the incident and they feel the teenager did not do anything wrong.

His mother, Tonia Fujimoto, also made it to the bus last Wednesday and she now aggressively defends her son.

“How is it sexual harassment if he doesn’t know anything about sex and doesn’t understand the act of it?” said Fujimoto. “I thought ‘You’ve got I be kidding me.’”