From Monday's decision by Judge Joseph Dawson, III (D.S.C.) in Lemoine v. Horry Georgetown Technical College:
In September 2024, Leigha Lemoine … was enrolled in the cosmetology program at Defendant Horry Georgetown Technical College ("HGTC"). On September 5, 2024, while Lemoine was off-campus, Lemoine's boyfriend's roommate—who was not an HGTC student—insulted Lemoine. Later that day, Lemoine detailed the incident in a Snapchat group text that included other HGTC students. Therein, Lemoine posted the following:
But naw I was trying to be nice but f[***] that some random ugly a[**] in bread looking f[***] dude called me a b[****] he needa get blasted….
On September 11, 2024, some students at HGTC reported that they "fe[lt] uncomfortable and somewhat unsafe" due to Lemoine's use of "the term 'blasted'" in the Snapchat….
School officials met with Lemoine, who "denied [the Snapchat had] anything to do with physical harm" and said she "only intended that the roommate 'needed to be held accountable and called out for his behavior.'" The officials at first accepted that, but two days later they
