Overview
- Lower Merion police say Brittany Ortiz, 38, and her father, William Stanley, 70, face multiple counts, including assault on a sports official, over a Feb. 1 hallway fight at Holy Child School at Rosemont.
- Witnesses reported Ortiz grabbed the opposing coach’s wife by the hair and slammed her to the tile as Stanley struck the coach, who was holding his 3-year-old daughter.
- The complaint notes a concussion and scalp contusion for the wife, bruising to the coach’s inner thigh, and a bruise and acute distress for the child.
- Ortiz was released on $10,000 unsecured bail, a preliminary hearing is set for March 5, and police say Stanley later surrendered after charges were requested.
- Stanley’s attorney says his client asserts innocence and was hospitalized with broken ribs and a head injury, while Ortiz’s lawyer says he will vigorously defend her; the Malvern Basketball League rented the gym and is not affiliated with the school.