School spokesman acquitted of perjury in Virginia sexual assault coverup probe

A Loudoun County Public Schools spokesman was found not guilty of perjury related to a grand jury investigation into the system's handling of two student sexual assaults.
The perjury trial of Wayde Byard, LCPS spokesman, was the first case to go to trial from a special grand jury probe initiated by Virginia's Republican attorney general at the request of the Republican governor.
Byard was accused of lying to the grand jury when he said he didn't know about the first reported assault at Stone Bridge High School in May 2021 until months later.
Prosecutors acknowledged they had no evidence that Byard had actually been informed of the initial assault investigation.
The former LCPS superintendent still faces trial on misdemeanor charges related to the grand jury probe.