FL: Will Florida create a new class of preschool kids labeled as sex offenders?

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Source: aroundosceola.com 5/28/26

The parents of a student who attended a private Celebration Christian school say the state needs clearer rules and more transparency after alleging in a lawsuit that their daughter was repeatedly sexually abused beginning at age 4 by a classmate.

The case has exposed what the family and experts describe as a troubling gap: when the child accused is too young to face criminal charges, there may be limited ability to ensure intervention or alert another school to serious safety concerns. Law enforcement and mental health experts say serious sexualized behavior among very young children cannot be dismissed as simple curiosity, especially when allegations involve repeated, coercive or developmentally advanced acts. The lawsuit, filed March 9 in Osceola County Circuit Court, alleges the child was sexually abused by another student her age over two school years. The parents also claim their daughter was expelled in retaliation. The school has denied in court filings that abuse occurred on campus and has also denied expelling the girl.

The civil complaint accuses CDF Celebration LLC, doing business as Creation Village World School, of negligence, negligent misrepresentation and causing loss of parental consortium. The family is seeking damages of more than $50,000 and a jury trial.

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The family says the girl disclosed the alleged abuse on…

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A 4 year old was assaulted by a classmate and not someone on the registry. Did you hear that Florida? Now rollback your sex offense laws and registry while focusing on the truth for once.

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Where were the teachers? Where were the parents? Why wasn’t the child in question spoken to originally and then paddled if they even came close to doing anything inappropriate to the other child? Oh yeah…corporal punishment is against the law essentially. Parents are no longer responsible for their own children. Teachers are to busy trying to induct children as opposed to teaching them.
Now we can watch the genius State of Florida come up with some totally absurd rule that makes more problems to address this issue.

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