Parents of former student sue Trinity Christian Academy
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JACKSON, Tenn. — Nude photographs at the center of a lawsuit against a private christian school in North Jackson. One family alleging their son was forced out for exchanging scandalous pictures with classmates. The family’s attorney said Trinity Christian Academy did not follow protocol when disciplining the family’s son. It said the school only singled out a few students as scapegoats for a larger situation. The lengthy lawsuit against the school states the explicit photos went viral around the student body. “It all started with another young boy who went to school there, they were on the baseball team together,” attorney Stuart Breakstone said. “He had sent him some photos of two girls.” One of two students forced out of the school because of their actions is now fighting back. “He was expelled for that when there were at least 20 other students that had more photos than my client who weren’t even interviewed,” Breakstone said. Breakstone said TCA told his clients to either withdraw their son or he would be expelled with no detailed explanation why. “They used my client as a scapegoat,” Breakstone said. “The reason they gave for the expulsion, they said it wasn’t because of the photos but said it was because of inconsistencies.” The lawsuit also claims TCA headmaster Jon Holley asked inappropriate questions about the student’s sexual relations during an interview. “Mr. Holley had no business asking that question in the first place, highly inappropriate,” Breakstone said. “It’s none of Mr. Holley’s business who slept with the girl.” But even with these other issues, Breakstone said the main problem is inconsistencies with how the school disciplines its students. “They acted quickly,” Breakstone said. “They picked one or two students, they used them as scapegoats and then tried to sweep the whole thing under the rug hoping it would go away quietly.” The lawsuit was served April 17, and the school has 30 days to respond, according to court papers. The student had attended TCA from pre-Kindergarten until his withdrawal in eleventh grade, according to the suit. Our multiple phone calls and emails to Trinity Christian Academy for comment went either unanswered or unreturned.
