Jim Walters Trial Delayed Due to Judge's Illness

In a case of pure bad luck, Jim Walters' trial is delayed again because the judge is sick, Walters' attorney Neil Bruntrager told Patch. 

Walters was scheduled to appear in front of Judge James Wahl at the St. Louis municipal courthouse Tuesday afternoon. 

Walters, the former principal of ,  March 16 from a park ranger at Forest Park in St. Louis.

The ranger "observed subject Walters grab his genitals while talking to a man in a vehicle who later confessed to what was happening," he stated in the ticket.

The judge's earliest available time is now Sept. 25, Bruntrager said. The trial has been rescheduled for that day. 

Bruntrager requested another judge so the trial could be held Tuesday as scheduled, but the prosecutor's office wanted to keep the case with Wahl.

Walters denies all wrongdoing, his attorney said.

"I firmly believe that he'll be completely vindicated in this matter," Bruntrager said.

Walters was originally scheduled to appear in court in April. After two continuances, Bruntrager requested a trial by judge for July. Because of a scheduling conflict with the courts, the trial was moved to Aug. 14.

, but after no resolution, the Mehlville school board voted to fire Walters.

Walters had been the principal of Point since 2007.

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