Trial resumes for Ohio mom charged with teen's assault in Cincinnati classroom brawl
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The trial of a woman accused of helping her teenage daughter beat up a high school classmate has resumed with testimony from a man who maintains security and surveillance at Cincinnati Public Schools.
Thirty-one-year-old Precious Allen has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor assault and trespassing in the Feb. 7 brawl inside Withrow High School in Cincinnati.
Prosecutors say she acted like a child. Her defense attorneys say she was protecting her daughter, who they say was being bullied by the other student.
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Allen is accused of punching the other student and holding her down as her daughter hit the girl with a combination lock.
Allen and her daughter say the other girl started the dispute and had punched Allen's daughter in the face the previous day.