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He was a wealthy thug, but he was a thug," said Judge David Carpenter who presides over a criminal court in the state of Alabama.
Back in 1982 he attended Taylor High School with Lance Hindt and says he avoided being his victim, but bore witness to the football star's predatory behavior.
"He was physically threatening some of my teammates, just menacing them, standing over them and eventually started throwing weight plates at them, 25-pound weight plates at them," said Carpenter.
Carpenter says the bullying of weaker classmates by Hindt was frightening, intense and near constant.
"He liked to brag about beating up other people and at one point he even bragged about beating up a police officer," said Carpenter.
After reading Hindt's public denial, Carpenter felt compelled to speak out, saying it's simply about justice and the truth.
"I thought he might be in prison somewhere based on the way he behaved in high school," said Carpenter.
While Superintendent Hindt has declined multiple requests to answer the allegations, FOX 26 preserved this insight from the 2016 interview.
"In my experiences with bullying, there's usually two sides to a story and until you get both sides of the story you can't really determine fact or fiction on a bullying situation," said Hindt.
There well may well be another side to tell, but it's a story Hindt has thus far refused to tell.
Katy ISD superintendent accused of being a student bully
KATY, Texas (KTRK) -- A Katy man says he was bullied as a young boy in junior high school and claims the bully is current KISD Superintendent Dr.
Lance Hindt.
"I started in 1975 with Mr. Lance, my legal name is Greg Gay," said the alleged victim.
Gay addressed the KISD school board during the open forum session Monday night.
"One day at lunch, I had my head shoved in a urinal, where it busted my lip. We are always challenging our teachers and principals to identify harmful behavior and to intervene as necessary.
Fox 26 has since spoken with a classmate of both men who says he witnessed the bathroom attack and identified Hindt as the lead perpetrator.
"Lance Hindt was one of the biggest bullies in school," said the classmate.
Gay says his primary desire is for Hindt and KISD to acknowledge that bullying is a major problem and take serious steps to address the issue.
Gay told FOX 26, “I want Lance to step up, acknowledge what happened.
It was then and it is today. Bullying is wrong. We are always challenging our teachers and principals to identify harmful behavior and to intervene as necessary."
Lance Hindt, Ed.D.
Superintendent, Katy ISD
In fact, Gay says he almost legally changed his last name, but his grandfather asked him not to.
He says he did change it with the district to his mother's maiden name.
Gay explained this confrontation was personal, he was seeking closure, but he also tells Eyewitness News he is making the allegations public more than 40 years later as a matter of student safety today.
"I'm hoping that they can make (a) change and hold teachers accountable because I mean when this happened to me, no teachers would help me, none."
In the video, Dr.
Hindt appears to laugh-off the claim and asks for the next speaker to be called.
When Eyewitness News reached out to Katy ISD they released the following statement:
"It was difficult for me to listen to a gentleman Monday night recount a bullying incident he said occurred more than 35 years ago.
'It's a pain you carry with you your whole life because you didn't do anything wrong.
At Katy ISD, we are always looking for ways to make our campuses and our students safe. I am proud to lead a district that is not afraid to confront bullying behavior – whether in person or online. I do not recall this person from my childhood.'
Barrett told KETV that the other student who witnessed the incident in the boys' bathroom has since apologized for what happened and is willing to back up his accusations if Hindt denies the claims or decides to take legal action against him.
That student, Chris Dolan, told KPRC he apologized to Barrett for not stopping the torments.
Barrett (pictured, right, with his wife), who is now married with children, said he came forward with his story after hearing other reports of bullying at Katy ISD campuses
Barrett (left and right) said the other student who witnessed the incident in the boys' bathroom has since apologized for what happened.
And my junior high principal -- Mr. McMeans -- would never have let me (or anyone else) get away with the actions he described.
I do not suggest that Mr. Barrett was not bullied, only that I was not part of it. It was then and it is today."
But others, who knew the teenage Lance Hindt, are telling a m uch different story.
"He was a vicious bully.
He added that he does not want Hindt to lose his job, he just wants an apology
'Looking back, I wasn't the child I wanted to be. He is in charge of all of these children, all of these children, and he needs to make policy to help these kids.”
Judge says Katy superintendent was once a 'vicious bully'
KATY, Texas (FOX 26) - When it comes to bullying, the embattled leader of the state's 9th largest school district certainly talks a very good game.
"Dr.
I do not recall this person from my childhood. I did not graduate from the same high school as Mr. Barrett, though we did attend the same junior high in 1978. And my junior high principal -- Mr. McMeans -- would never have let me (or anyone else) get away with the actions he described.
I do not suggest that Mr. Barrett was not bullied, only that I was not part of it.
As superintendent in three school districts in Texas, I have always tried to create an environment where every student is safe -- physically and emotionally. It was then and it is today.
'I needed to come forward with my story to try to make somebody listen up there that can make policy changes that teachers can be held accountable for not doing anything,' he told ABC 13.
Barrett, who is now married with children and owns his own business, says the trauma he endured from being bullied has stayed with him.
I am proud to lead a district that is not afraid to confront bullying behavior - whether in person or online. I had laid on the ground in the fetal position as the kids kicked me,' he said.
He says the bullying was so severe he tried to take his own life.
'Well I went home and I got the .45 out of my father's drawer and put it in my mouth because at this point I had nobody.
Lance Hindt takes bullying very seriously," said Hindt in an August 2016 interview.
Fast forward 18 months and the Katy Superintendent responsible for eradicating student-on-student abuse found himself stunningly accused of brutal bullying in his youth.
"Lance, you were the one who shoved my head in the urinal," said Greg Gay, a junior high classmate who also goes by the name Greg Barrett.
It was an allegation Hindt flatly denied, adding,"Bullying is wrong.
Period.