A Kansas state lawmaker will serve one year on probation after pleading guilty to three misdemeanor criminal charges of battery on Monday.
Republican Mark Samsel reached the agreement with a local prosecutor after being accused of kicking a high school student in the testicles back in April. At the time, the prosecutor said Samsel had "rude, insulting or angry" interactions with two high school students. According to one of the students, Samsel had manhandled and kicked him in the testicles.
The students are both minors, according to court documents where they are referred to only by their initials.
In August, Samsel posted on Facebook that "extreme" stress caused "an isolated episode of mania with psychotic features" in a high school classroom in his hometown of Wellsville, Kansas.
In a court hearing, the lawmaker apologized for his actions, saying, "I never intended to hurt anybody."
Samsel has been placed on a year's probation for the misdemeanors and has agreed not to use social media for personal purposes while he serves the time. He is also forbidden from contacting the students, and has surrendered his substitute teacher's license. The lawmaker is also receiving mental health treatment.
For more reporting from the Associated Press, see below.
Kansas law says disorderly conduct includes "engaging in noisy conduct tending reasonably to arouse alarm, anger or resentment in others." It is a lesser charge than battery, with a maximum sentence of 30 days in a county jail...
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