The Kentucky high school principal who was photographed getting lap dances from students during a 2019 homecoming event was named in a lawsuit filed by a student who alleged she was sexually assaulted by a classmate during a trip he chaperoned.
Donald 'Happy' Mobelini and two Hazard High School teachers were named in a lawsuit filed in Perry Circuit Court. The trial is scheduled to begin in August of next year, according to Lexington Herald-Leader.
The unidentified former student, who was in her junior year at Hazard at the time of the alleged incident, claims in the lawsuit that the physical and sexual assault took place during a school trip to New York City and Washington, DC, in 2017.
Mobelini and the two teachers are accused in the lawsuit of failing to properly check up on students at various points during the trip.
The student who filed the legal action alleges that students were drinking during the course of the trip.
Donald 'Happy' Mobelini, the mayor of Hazard, Kentucky, and the principal of Hazard High School, was photographed above while a student performed what looks to be a lap dance during a homecoming event in 2019.
Mobelini was named in a lawsuit filed by a former student who alleges that she was sexually assaulted by a male classmate during a 2017 class trip that the principal and two other teachers chaperoned
At one point, students were left on their own to wander around Times Square in Manhattan, where they are said to have purchased alcohol.
When the student complained that she was assaulted by a male classmate, Mobelini and the two teachers failed to adequately follow up her allegations, according to the lawsuit.
The student claims that sometime between 4am and 5am on October 29, 2017, a male classmate walked her to her room. Moments later, the boy physically and sexually assaulted her, according to the lawsuit.
Mobelini and the two teachers have sought to have the case dismissed.
Photos show what appear to be a student giving someone a lap dance at a homecoming week event that included a 'Man Pageant'
The event also featured cheerleaders wearing Hooters waitress outfits and carrying what appeared to look like alcohol
Photos that appear to show students giving teachers and Mobelini lap dances during a homecoming week 'man pageant' have shocked
