10 Oct 2025 5:50 am
Someone needs to be sued.
Virginia locker room suspect scolds judge for not using preferred pronouns, and judge apologizes
Cox faces 44 charges in Arlington County Circuit Court, including indecent exposure, indecent liberties with a child, and possession of child pornography. Cox was able to enter the female locker room of Washington-Liberty High School by claiming to be a woman. The high school has a public pool open for lap swimming and swim lessons. Parents had complained for months about Cox, but their complaints fell on deaf ears, as Arlington County allows people to use the restroom that corresponds with their gender identity over their biological sex.
Cox, 58, was arrested when a parent reported seeing him naked in a shower with the curtain open, touching himself, in front of her 5-year-old daughter. The Washington Examiner spoke with lifeguards who said Cox would come into the small locker room, undress completely, and spend hours walking around during swim classes. Testimony from an Arlington detective revealed Cox had children's swim class schedules and child pornography on his cellphone at the time of arrest. Ox is a Tier III registered sex offender, which Virginia categorizes as the most serious crime. Someone convicted of a Tier III sex offense must register as a sex offender for life. Cox's first conviction in Arlington County was in 1992 for taking indecent liberties with children and indecent exposure in a park. In 1995, Cox wrote in a letter to a judge that being naked in front of children was arousing and agreed to be castrated as part of a release agreement. However, that was never followed through on. Cox was convicted of a slew of crimes in 2007 in Fairfax County, including possession of child pornography and failure to register as a sex offender.