The Wisconsin father who rushed the stage at his daughter's high school graduation to stop her from shaking hands with the superintendent detailed the exchange that left him enraged.
Matt Eddy, 49, interrupted the Baraboo High School ceremony on May 31 as his daughter was about to receive her diploma and pushed superintendent Rainey Briggs aside.
The father was escorted out of the building following the confrontation and arrested for disorderly conduct.
Video of his interview with police obtained by DailyMail.com showed Eddy claimed he felt Briggs slighted his daughter during a meeting and he was unworthy of shaking her hand.
'I didn’t want him to be able to shake her f*****g hand because he did not deserve it after all the s**t she went through in this district,' Eddy said.
Matt Eddy, 49, told police he stopped his daughter from shaking superintendent Rainey Briggs hand because he slighted her during a meeting
The father claimed that is was Briggs who initiated the physical contact, however surveillance footage shows he touched the superintendent when he jumped on stage
'The way he acted when my daughter was charged, almost charged, was a bunch of b******t… he shook his head and rolled his f*****g eyes.'
'I’m not cool with him shaking my daughter’s hand after he treated her the way he did,' he said.
It is unclear what incident Eddy's daughter was involved in, but he alluded to some trouble with other students that led to her expulsion and a legal battle.
'She was expelled for doing the same thing that was done to her… there was a meeting with him,' Eddy said.
'He was rolling his eyes when I brought up the fact that the same thing had been done to her and it p****d me off because we’re in the middle of a court case.'
The father claimed he just jumped on stage to stop his daughter from shaking the superintendent's hand and that is was Briggs who initiated the physical contact.
'I didn't touch him until he touched me,' he said.
However, surveillance footage shows that when Eddy jumped on stage he grabbed Briggs arm and walked him towards the curtain.
Eddy denied pre-planning the episode and told police he even walked out when Briggs gave his speech.
Eddy said during a meeting his daughter had with Briggs, the superintended rolled his eyes and shook his he when he brought up what another student had done to her
'I didn’t want him to be able to shake her f*****g hand because he did not deserve it after all the s**t she went through in this district,' Eddy told police
At the start of the nearly two minute long interaction, Eddy is seen with his arms crossed and pacing by the bleachers.
As his daughter moves through the procession, Eddy rushed in front of the stage, clapping for his daughter, then leapt over the steps to reach Briggs.
After pulling the superintended to the back, the two men exchange words then Briggs pushes Eddy away.
That is when Baraboo High School principal Steve Considine, seen wearing a tan jacket, inserts himself between the two men.
'When I hear Dr. Briggs say something to the effect of "get your hands off of me..." that's when I turned my head and see there was some sort of scuffle,' said Considine.
'That's when I went in front and inserted myself between Dr. Briggs and this guy, Mr. Eddie, I don't know his name, and then he was pushing back against me.'
'If he would have just ran away, I wouldn't need to, but he was definitely pushing back almost like he was trying to get at Dr. Briggs.'
Eddy was escorted out of the building following the confrontation and arrested for disorderly conduct
The father told police his daughter had been involved in trouble at school and felt Briggs reaction was disrespectful as they are in some kind of legal battle
Several others join in on breaking up the confrontation and Eddy goes behind the stage curtain.
'[We] kind of cornered him so he really couldn't go anywhere, so he tried to lift up the curtain, there were gymnastics mats underneath, so he scurried out,' Considine said.
'I was very mad. It’s a special ceremony for a special night. Dr. Briggs did not deserve that, the student did not deserve that, we have a lot of people in the gym, I was very frustrated.'
'The guy was very aggressive, it was disgusting behavior,' he said.
Briggs has filed a restraining order against Eddy and Dane County Circuit Court Commissioner J. Alberto Quiroga has since temporarily ordered Eddy to have no contact with Briggs until a hearing on June 14.
In his restraining order, Briggs stated Eddy said he is 'not going to touch my (expletive) daughter' Wisconsin News reports.
The superintendent told police he did not know who the man was at the time.
He said he knew of one instance where Eddy's daughter had been disciplined by the school, but that he had nothing to do with it, insisting he 'has no idea why Eddy reached the way he did.'
Briggs and the school board have been under fire by a group of outraged residents.
They currently trying to recall school board president Kevin Vodak, who was at the graduation.
Vodak has been accused of favoritism and providing inadequate pay and support for teachers.
Briggs (pictured) has filed a restraining order against Eddy and they have been order to have no contact until a hearing on June 14
Baraboo High School principal Steve Considine (pictured) said he was worried for Briggs safety and when he put himself between the two men, Eddy was pushing back
Briggs has been criticized for his salary and those of other administrators, while contracts awarded to his consulting firms have also come under scrutiny.
Critics also pointed to a high turnover of staff during his tenure and student behavior problems.
The school district said in a statement: 'Our primary focus remains on celebrating the achievements of our graduates.
'We want to ensure that the significance of this milestone and the hard work of our students are not overshadowed by this unfortunate event.'
The district added that they are working with law enforcement.
'We would like to emphasize that the safety and well-being of our students, staff, and community members is a top priority... The School District of Baraboo is taking this incident very seriously.'
