I actually disagree. The bottom line is that the escort participated in illegal conduct that could reasonably be foreseeable to harm the school significantly and thereby harm stakeholders (e.g., students, who reasonably rely on the school not shooting itself in the foot like this).

Thus there is at least but for causation, and the harm isn’t completely speculative—people are paying for a name brand when they plunk down all that money.

The issue is, of course, proximate causation, and here’s where it should fail. The escorts really don’t owe the students a duty. But there are counterarguments, given that the conduct was illegal etc.

Damnum absque injuria.

The Indiana Supreme Court (and the prosecutors too) ought to think about any attempt to punish people who seem to have been minding their own business when set upon by others. The story appears to be that the two men in the SUV approached the group of judges AFTER saying some to the group and getting the middle finger. That’s obviously a threatening situation.

We can tut-tut all we want about decorum or what have you, but I’d prefer the government not be the arbiter of decorousness. From these facts, it looks to me like the Indiana Supreme Court ought to be disciplining itself for these charges. And possibly should be looking at the ticket of t prosecutor who prosecuted the judge.