The attorney for a Flat Gap Elementary teacher’s aide, Violet Castle, accused of fourth-degree assault for slapping a 5-year-old, now says she will enter a guilty plea in Johnson District Court next month.
Castle’s attorney, Ned Pillersdorf, once presented a motion to dismiss the case under KRS 503.110 which states “the force used was necessary when a teacher or other person entrusted with the care and supervision of a minor needs to maintain reasonable discipline.” He also argued that what Castle did was instinct.
A report from Flat Gap Principal Tracy May showed Castle had told May that what she did was “just a reaction” as the child slapped her first as she was attempting to pull him away from his mother on the second day of school.
