Deal Reached in Hathcock Charges

From NBC12;

David Hathcock has agreed to serve 100 hours of community service and take sensitivity training. If completed, the charges against Hathcock will be dismissed.

There will be another hearing in September.

And from RTD:

Hathcock was scheduled for trial today in Richmond General District Court, but his case was continued. Afterwards an attorney for Walle, D. Hayden Fisher, said Hathcock had agreed to the training and community service in exchange for the charges being dismissed.

The commonwealth attorney’s office declined immediate comment after the hearing but said it would issue a statement later today.

Hathcock’s attorney, Craig Cooley, said he hoped the charged would be dismissed.

Walle has also filed a civil battery lawsuit in Richmond Circuit Court, contending that city officials and Graziano had failed to take action after Hathcock’s advances last year.

Previous post on the suit.

Some clarification is provided by Dovi of Richmond Magazine.com. The suit above covers the misdemeanor of sexual battery and sexual assault.

The other cases however will continue on.
Fisher and Walle confirmed that her civil case against Hathcock will move forward and that a second civil case in federal court is likely, pending an EEOC ruling.

Though Walle says she was satisfied with the terms of the agreement, her decision to move forward with the civil case bears directly on the fact that Hathcock has not publically apologized and that City Council still has no official Human Resources policy in place.

“This [agreement] was done in his best interest, not as what is right,” Walle says. “I would like an apology, a real apology. That never came to pass.”