06/13/2026
A Washington state family is suing state education officials, the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA), the Puyallup School District, and multiple employees after their 15-year-old daughter was allegedly s*xually assaulted by a biological male competing in a girls’ wrestling match.
The lawsuit, filed with the help of Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), names Washington Superintendent Chris Reykdal and other government entities as defendants for enforcing policies that allow males who identify as female to compete in female sports divisions. Notably, the male athlete and his family are not being sued, the focus is on the officials and institutions whose rules enabled the situation.
The victim, referred to as K.M.K. in court filings and widely reported as high school student Kallie Keeler, spoke publicly about the incident earlier this year. According to the complaint, district policy deliberately withheld information from parents, preventing them from knowing their daughters would face male opponents. This left Kallie’s mother unable to intervene despite being present in the gym. School officials are accused of sitting on the assault report for nearly two months.
Deuteronomy 22:5 (KJV)
"The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God."
ADF Senior Counsel Kate Anderson stated:
"A 15-year-old girl was s*xually assaulted because of political cowardice. Washington state officials insist on pushing gender ideology at all costs, even at the expense of girls’ safety and privacy... No girl should have to unknowingly wrestle a boy. And at a minimum, parents must be notified before their daughters are matched against male opponents."
The core of the lawsuit is that these policies violate Title IX by denying girls fair and safe athletic opportunities, create a hostile educational environment, infringe on parental rights, and expose students to state-created danger. By prioritizing male inclusion over biological reality and girls’ privacy, officials allegedly placed female athletes at greater physical risk and then failed to respond adequately when harm occurred.
The U.S. Department of Education under the Trump Administration has opened an investigation into the Puyallup School District, with Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Kimberly Richey calling the allegations “sickening.” She emphasized that the administration will enforce Title IX to protect women and girls rather than ideological agendas.
Puyallup School District responded that it had not yet been formally served but is reviewing the matter, citing student privacy and pending litigation.
This case highlights the predictable consequences of policies that ignore biological s*x differences in strength, speed, and contact sports: eroded fairness, compromised safety, and the violation of girls’ rights to privacy and equal opportunity. Critics argue that pretending males can become females for the purpose of competition is not compassion, it is an experiment being conducted on female athletes, often without parental consent. Many hope the lawsuit forces a long-overdue return to common-sense, s*x-based categories that protect women and girls in sports.
