Karate teacher charged with felony after kicking student - Merged thread

**Kungfoolss** · Posted On: 11/28/2007 1:31am

Karate teacher charged with felony after kicking student

BY ALICIA P.Q. WITTMEYER | 757-247-4535
November 26, 2007

Digg Del.icio.us Facebook Fark Google Newsvine Reddit Yahoo Print Single page view Reprints Post Comment Text size: SUFFOLK - A karate instructor who teaches children in Hampton and Suffolk has been charged with felony child endangerment, after one of her students accused her of kicking him in the ribs more than 200 times, causing internal injuries, police said. Susan Bateman, 47, turned herself in to police last Tuesday, said Suffolk Police Lt. Debbie George. She is an instructor at Jeff Bateman's School of Karate, which has studios in Hampton and Suffolk.

According to police, Bateman, a Hampton resident, had told her students at the Suffolk studio that students in Hampton had taken kicks in the abdomen, and challenged her Suffolk students to receive the same amount of kicks. The students got down in pushup position, and Bateman began kicking them in the abdomen and rib area, George said.

Two students received over 200 kicks. One of her , an 11-year-old boy, had to receive medical treatment for his injuries, which likely include a fractured rib, George said. The incident occurred on Nov. 7, but wasn't reported until Nov. 14, when one of the students told his parents because he needed medical treatment.

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**Hidama** · Posted On: 11/29/2007 12:29am

What an idiot. And this time it is a female instructor
http://www.livevideo.com/video/APnew...ks-studen.aspx

Apparently she decided to challenge her students to see how many times she could kick them in the stomach. She kicked this kid 200 times.

**juszczec** · Posted On: 11/29/2007 8:52am

She's a fucking idiot. This is one of the few times stupidity will be painful - fire her, charge her with whatever makes sense (child endangerment at least, I think) and sue her into the poorhouse.

**PirateJon** · Posted On: 11/29/2007 9:03am

Two students received over 200 kicks. One of her , an 11-year-old boy, had to receive medical treatment for his injuries, which likely include a fractured rib

So 200 kicks likely fractured a rib?

Epic krotty kick fail.

**rex_fan** · Posted On: 8/30/2008 12:15am

Well at least some of us were able to wait to see what the courts said before passing judgement on somebody. Imagine being innocent before being assumed guilty? Guess this doesn't pertain to this day and age anymore...

Mrs. Bateman was found not guilty on all charges! Haha! The original reports of kicks to children were grossly misleading! The actvity was to perform a push up and hold that push up for as long as the children could. She gently tapped each childs belly to take their mind off of the exercise which is core building... The child in question was also found to have a history of urinary infections which caused blood in his urine. The medical examiners report could not conclude that there was any trauma caused directly from Mrs. Bateman's fun activity.

In fact the judge compared the whole activity to a coach pitching a ball to a minor. The coach puts a little more force behind the ball to help improve the childs eye and hand coordination and the ball accidently hits the child catching the ball in the head. Was in intentional? Not at all, accidents happen in contact actvities!

Try to wait to hear from both sides before passing judgement people! We do live in the United States!

**BackFistMonkey** · Posted On: 8/30/2008 12:44am

Originally Posted by rex_fan

Mrs. Bateman was found not guilty on all charges! Haha!

Not that I want her to be guilty , but can we get a little reference material , maybe a news site , a report , or a scan of a newspaper clipping .

Sources are good .