The temporary sexual violence protection order against former Butler school board member William “Bill” Halle was withdrawn Tuesday, Sept. 12, by the 18-year-old girl involved in the case.

Halle, 59, was placed under the order after he was accused of having sexual contact with the girl, who he employed and counseled at Net Outreach Center in Butler.

The order, issued by Butler County Common Pleas Court Judge S. Michael Yeager on April 28 was obtained by the girl’s father, and dismissed Tuesday, according to documents.

The girl was present for the Tuesday hearing represented by attorney Armand Cingolani, and each gave a statement following the proceedings.

“I 110% disagree with all the criminal charges, and me withdrawing (the order) should make a statement,” she said.

On May 30, Halle was criminally charged by city police in connection to alleged intimate contact with the girl. He was charged with sexual assault by a volunteer or employee of a nonprofit, corruption of minors, criminal use of a communication facility, and unlawful contact with a minor, which are felonies.

On July 10, the girl refused to testify at Halle’s preliminary hearing on the charges before District Judge William Fullerton.

According to Cingolani, the girl refused because she didn’t want to participate in court proceedings and doesn’t want Halle to be charged.

Cingolani said Tuesday that the girl “knows and speaks her mind.”

“She’s bravely faced a lot of community pressure,” he said.

Halle’s attorney, Robert Stasa, refused to comment on Tuesday’s proceedings.

The April 28 order prohibited Halle from having any contact with the plaintiff, banned him from the plaintiff’s home, and prohibited him from abusing, harassing, stalking or threatening the plaintiff and posting any remarks or images of her on any social media website or network.

On June 20, Halle was found guilty of indirect criminal contempt for violating the protection order after posting on his Facebook account.

Police said a post he made on May 1 resulted in the violation.

“I want to thank everyone who has tried to call, text, message, etc., with words of encouragement and support for me. However, I covet your prayers first for the young woman involved,” Halle said at the end of the post.

According to court documents, Butler County Common Pleas Judge William Robinson sentenced Halle to six months in prison for the violation, but Halle was immediately placed on parole.

Documents showed Halle was to obey the stipulations of the order while on probation.

According to charging documents, a ChildLine report was filed May 1 stating Halle was seen being intimate with the 17-year-old while sitting on a street curb near the minor’s home in Butler Township.

Police said the minor’s father then discovered text messages between Halle and the girl that were sexual in nature, and additional text message and email drafts from Halle were discovered by officers on the minor’s phone.

Police said Halle allegedly showed these drafts, which explained why he should spend more time with the minor, to the child before sending them to the minor’s mother.

The 17-year-old later disclosed having sexual intercourse with Halle at the Net Outreach Center at 100 Center Ave.

Halle was charged and placed under an unsecured bond of $100,000 in connection to the criminal charges. The bond was modified by Butler County Common Pleas Judge Timothy McCune to include conditions of limited internet use on June 15.

The stipulations allow Halle to use the internet only to communicate with his attorney and the court regarding his bankruptcy case with prior permission from his probation officer, and ordered him to remove his Snapchat, Facebook and Instagram accounts “forthwith.”

On Tuesday, the 18-year-old posted to Facebook about the situation, defending Halle.

The girl said in her post that she is estranged from her family, and that the initial protection order was initiated by her father against her “strong objection.”

“I want to state very clearly. I was never harmed or manipulated by Bill Halle. It angers me to think that people have been led to believe I am a poor, dumb, young girl, who was manipulated,” she wrote.

She added that she made the post to address “grossly inaccurate information.”

“Anyone that believes Bill Halle would harm me or anyone else clearly does not know him, nor do they know the decades of amazing programs, services, and help he provided thousands of youths and families throughout our community,” the girl wrote.

Upon reading the statement, Cingolani offered a comment.

“This case has always been more complicated than the system, or the public, has understood,” he said.