Daniel Lowell Brown was arrested in November 2008 on sexual assault charges after police said he was involved in a consensual teacher-student relationship.
But a June 2009 ruling in Chase v. State by the Georgia Supreme Court stated that a lower court erred in the trial of a teacher charged with having sex with a student by not considering if the relationship was consensual.
“The Chase decision affected cases like ours across the state,” said District Attorney Leigh Patterson. The high court’s ruling has caused DAs in many districts to drop charges they otherwise would not have, she said.
“The statute is, as designed at present, is so blatantly wrong,” she said. “I can’t even wrap my mind around it.”
However, state representatives plan to present a bill to the legislature to clarify the statute in the next legislative session, Patterson said.
There has not been an official decision made about the other ex-coach, Matthew Blanton, charged in the case as of Monday.
Both ex-coaches accepted the Floyd County School superintendent’s recommendation for immediate termination and gave up rights to a due process hearing before the school board.
I like how you let everyone know what your comment was going to be just by your name.
When there are people out there using mind-games and authority to manipulating adolescents into sex, it IS our business. It's everybody's responsibility to protect children. Words can't describe how much both of these people belong under the jail until they die and spend an eternity in hell.
Don't know who he is as a person... Uhh.. We beg to differ... People are defined by what they do. Let's take a look: Hmmm... Adult who has sex with teenagers. Wow--Something that all parents hope they get to one day say about their kid!! These two are scum. They provide no contribution to society.
They will make great fathers if incest is determined to be beneficial and healthy. In any other situation, no, sorry. Scum.
Danial Brown innocent of what? So you're saying it's OK and you have no problems with a teacher using their authority to manipulate a less-mature teenager into sex. "Teacher sleeping with student." Boy, that screams "appropriate." Sure, maybe it wasn't against the law by definition. But myself, and I would guess a majority of people, would say that "person" Daniel is one sick !@#$. If you want to think otherwise, you just keep that head of yours buried in the sand... Sing: LA-LA-LA to yourself, Blahblahblah.
But seriously, it's all of a sudden a bash on people who graduated from Model and not about the two men in this report? Please, get a life people. Sex scandals happen all the time, by no means making them right, and this is not the first time something like this has happened at Model. Being a student who graduated from there I would know. In my days at the high school there were two teachers that committed similar acts and yet it was not as widely publicized as this.
One resigned from the school and last time I saw, however it was over four years ago, he and the student he was involved with were still together. She was eighteen at the time and that's probably the only reason it was not publicized as much. Still a student/teacher relationship however, which is unethical, but not illegal since she was of age.
The other teacher also resigned in the middle of the school year because of allegations that were brought up, but no charges were filed. He moved to a different state and as far as I know still resides there. Which makes me think the allegations were true considering he had not fulfilled his contract with the school and yet they had no problem with terminating it prematurely.
So as you can see, this has been a common accurance at Model as far back as I can remember. Nothing new about it, just different coaches this time and the girls were not of age. Which is why it's gotten so much publicity. Like I said, not right morally or ethically, but not new.
Your post is barely readable.
I bet you graduated from Model too.
throw his ass back in jail.
I read your comment after mine, and i must admit i took what you said the wrong way. I offer my apologies to you on that. However the first comment that brought the "WHITE" comment into it i still cant figure. Once again i apologize for my missunderstanding of your meaning.
In response to your comment below:
"To the rude commenter below:
"You have no manners and your English is awful.
I would guess that you are a girl in high school (you act like one anyway) and that you do not have a clue what havoc a teacher/student affair can reek at a school, in a community and in the lives of the teacher and the student."
You bash a poster for their "awful English" and in your next paragraph use the word "reek" which means to "emit a stench" in place of the correct word "WREAK" which means " to inflict or exact".
As most of us that read the posts know, you are quick to point out other's flaws. At least don't commit the same "offenses" you blame others for doing. You see, everyone makes mistakes, even you.
I HOPE no one on here calls themself a christian, because if you do-- might want to go read the Bible again.. Talks about FORGIVENESS & how NOT to cast stones unless you are free of sin.. which i highly highly doubt any of us are. Stop bashing a person who A- MADE A SIMPLE MISTAKE(not to mention, he still dates the girl so techically there is NOT an issue here and he didnt "use her") and he is suffering the consequences by NOT being able to use his degree anymore... and B-YOU DONT KNOW WHO HE IS AS A PERSON. the only people who should have a problem with this "court ruling" should be the families.. and its not, so shut up-grow up-and GET OVER IT! you cant change how the law is written.. and by law DANIEL BROWN did NOTHING WRONG! blame the ones who wrote the law, not the accused.. who didnt break the law at all. Make better use of your precious time then to follow around a news article and get excited because you have an open window to run your mouth and bash someone into the ground.. Try DOING YOUR JOB AT WORK OR TAKING CARE OF YOUR OWN FAMILY. AND STOP WORRYING ABOUT SOMEONE WHO HAS NO CONNECTION TO YOU!
by the way. Daniel will make an EXCELLENT father. The "fatherknowsbest" needs to think about his parenting skills first before assuming someone elses (whom doesnt even have a child..yet) what kind of things are you teaching your children? to be gossipers? just jump into things that dont involve them? and to not learn forgiveness...
innocent until proven guilty & daniel brown is innocent. END OF STORY!! THIS IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE. its over and done with.. DROP IT!.
I guess in this instance the girls really were "asking for it." Go figure.