Mission Viejo mom charged with threatening daughter’s classmates over bullying allegations
A Mission Viejo woman accused of threatening a classroom full of middle school students over the alleged bullying of her daughter has been charged with a misdemeanor, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office announced on Tuesday.
Christian Chylyn Prince-Tinsley – whose apparent tirade at Niguel Hills Middle School in Laguna Niguel on May 14 was captured by a student on a cellphone video that became public – is facing a single misdemeanor count of interference with the good order and administration of a school classroom with the intent to disrupt.
Prince-Tinsley, 33, had already been banned from the school campus. The district has also adopted “upgraded security safeguards,” meant to prevent unauthorized visitors on the campus, according to the DA’s Office.
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According to prosecutors, Prince-Tinsley told the students to leave her daughter alone or she would “hurt their sisters, aunts and moms.” She also “asked the teacher to pass out a stack of tickets that read ‘Free A## kicking. Must be 18 or older to redeem,’” according to the DA’s Office.
The video captured the woman telling the students “If you look at her the wrong way, if you breathe the wrong way, send your mom to me.”
Prince-Tinsley could not be reached for comment. But in an interview with “Inside Edition” not long after the classroom visit, the mother said, “I was just there to protect my child.”
Tinsley also said that she regretted using a curse word and would have been upset if another parent did the same thing, but at the time she felt it was necessary.
Principal Tim Reece previously indicated in an email to parents that the teacher contacted the school’s front office for help, and an assistant principal escorted the mother off of the campus.
“This incident was way more than an attempt to address accusations of bullying,” Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said in a written statement. “There were lawful and appropriate ways for Prince-Tinsley to address her concerns. Sneaking on campus, entering a classroom during class, taking over the class and verbally threatening 12- to 14-year-old students as an adult was way beyond the bounds of being a concerned parent.”
Prince-Tinsley is scheduled to appear in court for an arraignment on Nov. 6. She faces up to a year in jail if convicted.