A student swore out an assault warrant against a Gar-Field High School girls basketball coach after an incident at a game, court documents state.
Donald Gallitz is the varsity girls’ basketball coach at Gar-Field, as well as a television teacher at Forest Park, according to Forest Park principal Eric Brent.
The victim, a 17-year-old girl who plays on Gallitz’s basketball team, accused him of grabbing her bottom jaw and shaking it for about 15 seconds during a dispute over the girl’s game performance, according the victim’s citizen’s warrant filed with the Prince William County magistrate’s office.
“[He was] saying what I needed to do, [and] then let go,” the victim stated in the criminal complaint.
Gallitz was charged with misdemeanor assault and battery, court documents said.
Brent sent a letter home with Forest Park students on Tuesday stating that Gallitz was put on administrative leave. The letter said Gallitz has not coached since the Jan. 4 game.
The principal also said in the memo that Child Protective Services, Prince William schools risk management, and Gar-Field officials investigated the victim’s claims.
Although the school system investigation is ongoing, CPS apparently “found no cause to pursue the matter further,” Brent said in the letter.
Gallitz, according to Brent, has been with Prince William schools since 2003, and gained his current positions at both schools this year.
Staff writer David Pierce can be reached at 703-530-3905.
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