Loudoun County students walk out in solidarity with victim of alleged sexual assault

Students walked out of classes at schools across Loudoun County, Va., on Tuesday in solidarity with victims of sexual assault in response to two recent incidents in the school district, Fox 5 D.C. reported. 

On Monday, a judge found a teenage suspect guilty of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl in a bathroom at Stone Bridge High School in Ashburn in May, according to The Washington Post. 

The same perpetrator allegedly assaulted a student at Broad Run High School in Ashburn on Oct. 6, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office. The judge said sentencing over the May incident would depend on the outcome of that case. 

The walkouts were also in protest of what some students say are unsafe conditions in the schools where the assaults happened, according to ABC13.

WUSA9 obtained a flyer encouraging students across the county to wear white and join the 10-minute walkouts.

The principal of Loudoun County High School, Michelle Luttrell, said the school was aware of the walkout and told WUSA9 that students would not be penalized for participating.