Schoolyard 'boob tag' lands middleschooler in trouble

The Rocky Mountain News reports:

A game of tag at a middle school in Golden has police investigating a 14-year-old boy for unlawful sexual contact.

The game played at Bell Middle School is called "boob tag," and kids choose who's "it" by touching a breast.

"This is not appropriate, but it's a game of consent," said Lynn Sharpe, the mother of the suspect, Cole Sharpe.

"It should be punished, but not prosecuted."

Golden police declined to release details about the case and would say only that there is an investigation.

The inquiry started last week when an eighth-grade female student told school officials that Cole touched her breast.

A group of friends that included Cole, another boy and seven girls have been playing "boob tag" during lunch breaks since December, Lynn Sharpe said.

The girls often called themselves "The Bisexuals," Cole said.

Maybe in the future,kids will have to sign a legal release to play any kind of tag.