I could also point you to numerous case law that also shows that school athletes and wealthy kids go to jail/prison. The ones you are probably referring to are all sensational news stories that make the headlines.
I've been running into stories like that for decades. On top of quite a few documented cases that (without this "sensationalism) weren't even originally prosecuted because local star athlete got shielded by everyone involved, police included, in the first place, until somebody blew the thing up enough outsiders got involved.
Not sure why blatant favorism and preferential treatment shouldn't be "sensationalized," either, when other people get dumped in the slammer, much less end up with criminal rap, for far less grievous offenses. And, again, that doesn't even take under account what level of impunity sufficient amount of wealth can afford you in the first place.
However many more than those are prosecuted everyday and no one hears about them because it isn't a travesty of judgement.
The fact that the other kind continues to surface is, alone, troublesome, to put it lightly.
That works both ways as far as if the MC goes before the board. The fact that Tybalt hit the MC first would complicate the whole issue. Is the board willing to take the same stance with Tybalt that it would with the MC?
Asuming the preps won't outright lie that Tybalt hasn't touched the MC in the first place? I mean, it's pretty iffy judging whether or not there were outside witnesses, and a limp-wristed Tybalt-slap is unlikely to leave lasting marks. Unlike a face punch.
"While we do not condone and will not tolerate any level of violence in our school, and will level appropriate actions against both offenders, it should be noted that an open-handed slap in the throes of high emotions was responded to with overwhelming and potentially lethal full-force punch to the face. The escalation of the situation into one potentially endangering well-being and life of one of the students will not be tolerated."
Or, if you prefer it in simpler terms "It was just a slap, bro!"
Hell, even if there are witnesses supporting him the MC could run into serious problems (depending on local laws) attempting to claim self-defense, if Tybalt's side could prove he disengaged after the slap and was not set to continue the aggression, but MC still went ahead and slugged them.
I mean, sure, it's entertainment, where physical violence is frequently portrayed, especially in "comedic settings," far beyond what would be legally defensible, and this is very much anal-level of nit-picking, but hey... if we're wasting time between the updates discussing the events portrayed in somewhat realistic manner, why not
Considering his mother is a professor at the college and part of the disciplinary board they'd have no choice but to treat Tybalt as any other student in order to avoid acusations of favouritism.
Eh, I wouldn't have staked my possible future on that, were I in MC's shoes.
There's a lot of variables there that are completely outside of MC's control. The snobbism of the wealthy class alone might require disproportional response to somebody daring to use force against one of their own children, circumstances be damned.
Not like MC doesn't have (depending on player's choices) some good backing on their own, but... yeah. Dicey decision even disregarding any moral considerations.
Shit, the best DIK response, in my opinion, would've been something like "Hope you slap your melon harder than that." Also, fittingly dumbassed to disclose such knowledge, as behooving a true DIK.
