The photographs of Sofia wearing the mask provided to the media were taken days after the initial incident happened. The report also noted the photographs of Sofia that Steel had provided to law enforcement and national media outlets were taken two days after Sofia returned from school with the mask tied on when Steel told police they were taken, according to the photosвЂ™ metadata. The family plans to file a civil lawsuit later this week, he told The Post.ДЄccording to the report, the method of fastening the mask with string was suggested to SofiaвЂ™s teacher through an online pamphlet published by the Down Syndrome Resource Foundation as an acceptable measure to ensure a mask stays on children with the condition. вЂњAttorneys for the family have pointed out that the instant a teacher touched Sofia, a mentally and physically challenged child, to tie a mask to her face without state authority or parental consent, they were guilty of child abuse under Chapter 827, Florida Statutes,вЂќ Whitney said. The principal at SofiaвЂ™s school confirmed that the schoolвЂ™s policy was to speak with the parents before ever tying a mask to a childвЂ™s face, and that did not happen.вЂќ Sofia Bezerra was masked by the school for six weeks before her stepfather became aware. вЂњVideos confirmed that Sofia was masked and that the schoolвЂ™s masking of Sofia was concealed from her parents for weeks. вЂњLast week, the Indian Harbor Beach Police Department released a report revealing that during interviews school officials and SofiaвЂ™s teachers admitted that they did not only mask Sofia on October 7 th, but had been tying a mask tightly to SofiaвЂ™s face for six weeks to guarantee that she could not remove it,вЂќ SteelвЂ™s attorney Nick Whithey said in a statement on Monday. He said SofiaвЂ™s teacher and instructional assistant forced her to wear the mask in this fashion for six weeks without asking for consent or informing himself or her mother, which the school admitted it should have done in the police report. Jeffrey Steele claimed that the mask made it hard for Sofia to breathe. 7, which he said made it difficult for her to breathe. Steel claimed that his 7-year-old step-daughter Sofia, who has down syndrome and is nonverbal, got off the bus from Ocean Breeze Elementary School with a saliva-soaked mask strapped to her the back of her head with a piece of string on Oct.

The case is being forwarded to the Florida State AttorneyвЂ™s Office for further review. The report, signed by Indian Harbour Beach Police Detective Jim Adams, concludes an initial investigation into allegations of child abuse by the girlвЂ™s stepfather Jeffrey Steel last month.

вЂњThere is no evidence presented which supports SofiaвЂ™s physical or emotional injury. вЂњBased on the facts and logical persuasiveness of the evidence presented in this case, there is insufficient evidence to support a criminal violation against,вЂќ her teacher and instructional assistant of 7-year-old Sofia Bezerra, according to a police report obtained by the Post on Monday. LA county reports huge spike in daily COVID casesДЄ Florida school and its staff did not commit child abuse when teachers strapped a mask to the head of a seven-year-old girl with down syndrome, a police report found.

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