Round Rock Students Indicted For Recording Peer In Bathroom

ROUND ROCK, TX — A grand jury has indicted two McNeil High School students of recording a fellow student in the bathroom before sharing the video on Snapchat, according to a report.

Round Rock ISD district officials have cited privacy laws in not naming the accused students, according to the Austin-American Statesman. The incident dates to November, centered on a male student who was victimized by the recording, according to the report.

The unauthorized recording is said to have been shared on Snapchat, a popular multimedia messaging app. One of the main features of the app is that pictures and messages taken through its use are only available for a brief time before becoming inaccessible. However, the app has evolved since its launch to include so-called "Stories" of 24-hour chronological content and "Discover," designed to allow for ad-supported short-form entertainment.

The indictments and charges the two students face weren't immediately available over the weekend.

District spokeswoman Jenny LaCoste-Caputo told the Statesman the video was posted "very briefly" before it was rendered inaccessible to other app users. She added the incident didn't warrant a school-wide letter alerting other parents of the incident as is sometimes done when certain incidents arise requiring wide parental notification. Instead, "We dealt with the parties involved," LaCoste-Caputo told the newspaper.

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