http://cache.jezebel.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png http://jezebel.com/tag/cheerleader http://jezebel.com/tag/cheerleader The Texas cheerleader who was kicked off her squad after refusing to cheer for her own rapist has lost her Supreme Court appeal. According to the SF Chronicle, a lower court had ruled "that the cheerleader was speaking for the school, not herself, and had no right to remain silent when called on to cheer the athlete by name." The Supreme Court declined to hear her case, and did not explain why. More »
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The high-school cheerleader who was kicked off the squad after refusing to cheer for her alleged rapist is going to the Supreme Court. More »
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Did it ever seem like some of the mothers of girls on the cheerleading squad in high school were living vicariously through their teenaged daughters? Well, Wendy Brown of Wisconsin is their new mascot. The 33-year-old stole her 15-year-old daughter's identity to enroll in a local high school and become a cheerleader (her daughter was living with Brown's mother in Nevada). According to the criminal complaint filed against her, Brown wanted to get a high school degree and become a cheerleader because she felt she missed out on the experience growing up. Employees at the school said that Brown looked older than a high schooler but had the timid demeanor of an awkward teenager. A school officer started investigating Brown after she failed to attend school after the first day of classes. We guess Brown learned her lesson: If you're going to falsely enroll in high school, you better show up to class. [AP] More »
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School district officials in Katy, Texas are investigating reports of off-campus hazing occurring between varsity and junior varsity cheerleaders from Morton Ranch High School. (Katy, Texas, for those who are interested, is the hometown of actress Renee Zellweger, who was once a cheerleader herself.) A parent of a girl on the junior varsity squad reported to the school's principal that the varsity cheerleaders "kidnapped" junior varsity members, bound their hands and mouths with duct tape, blindfolded them, and tossed them into a pool last Friday morning. Sure, it all sounds very Jawbreakers-like, but is this an example of girl-on-girl crime, or are these girls just dumb enough to think that their dangerous prank was all fun and games? More »
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