Live Oak High School assistant principal Kim Lemos pleaded not
guilty to a felony charge related to an incident in which she
allegedly stabbed her husband with a kitchen knife.
Kim Lemos, Live Oak High School assistant principal, pleaded not guilty to a felony charge related to an incident in which she allegedly stabbed her husband with a kitchen knife.
Lemos, 39, faces one count of inflicting corporal injury on a spouse. Police said she stabbed her husband Tim in the chest, and caused him other minor injuries during an altercation at the couple’s home last summer.
She pleaded not guilty to the charge Friday at South County Courthouse in Morgan Hill. She is still subject to the provisions of a peaceful contact order, issued in September, restricting her interaction with her husband.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Jan. 20, also at South County Courthouse.
Gilroy police arrested Lemos, Aug. 26 after she turned herself in for the incident which occurred the night before at her home on the 1400 block of Swallow Lane in Gilroy.
She and her husband had been arguing about “marriage issues” when Kim Lemos “took a knife and stabbed the victim in the chest,” according to the police report. She also punched her husband in the forehead several times, on the right eye and on the right side of his mouth, according to the report. Her husband did not require immediate medical attention but later drove himself to Saint Louise Regional Hospital to receive stitches for a cut he sustained to his left hand when grabbing for the knife, according to the report.
Kim Lemos left the residence before police responded to about 10 p.m. Aug. 25. At that time police received a call from the victim’s grown son, who reported his stepmother for assaulting his father, according to the police report. She turned herself in to police the next day, but refused to give a statement, according to the police report.
Her husband later told police he wanted to recant his statement, saying “the whole incident was an accident.” Prosecutors have previously said it is unclear if Kim Lemos intended to stab her husband, or if his wounds were a result of a struggle over the knife.
Kim Lemos, who taught English at Gilroy High School until 2003, returned to her job at Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill after the incident. As assistant principal, her duties include dealing with discipline, attendance, athletics and school safety, among other responsibilities.
