The group of cheerleaders at McKinney North High School was known as the "Fab Five." The girls were "uber cool," according to attorney Harry Jones, who was hired by the school district to launch an investigation.
They were "telling teachers to shut up, using a cell phone in class even after being told not to, cheating on tests, skipping school," Jones said.
The pictures turned up on MySpace.com in September.
The girls were drinking in some of them, NBC News' Michelle Kosinski reported. In another picture, girls posed in the cheerleading uniforms in a condom shop.
According to Jones' report, the girls were "smiling and holding candles shaped like male genitalia."
At the time, the girls were suspended, but never kicked off the cheerleading squad.
Jones said they felt they could intimidate and threaten anyone at the school in part because the principal, Linda Theret, was the mother of the squad's co-captain.
"Teachers were scared of them," Jones said. "I talked to a ... football coach who was teaching student council, and he was obviously scared of them. He had taught inner-city school kids in San Francisco and he said gang members were nothing compared to these girls."
In the wake of the investigation, Theret agreed to resign and the Fab Five are now off the cheerleading team.
Theret's attorney and some of the cheerleaders have been quoted as saying Jones' portrayal of them is unfair and overly harsh.
But Jones' 70-page report blames Theret for protecting the girls, who also had support from their own parents.
"Kids will be kids, but adults have to be adults," Jones said.
The pictures turned up on MySpace.com in September.
The girls were drinking in some of them, NBC News' Michelle Kosinski reported. In another picture, girls posed in the cheerleading uniforms in a condom shop.
According to Jones' report, the girls were "smiling and holding candles shaped like male genitalia."
At the time, the girls were suspended, but never kicked off the cheerleading squad.
Jones said they felt they could intimidate and threaten anyone at the school in part because the principal, Linda Theret, was the mother of the squad's co-captain.
"Teachers were scared of them," Jones said. "I talked to a ... football coach who was teaching student council, and he was obviously scared of them. He had taught inner-city school kids in San Francisco and he said gang members were nothing compared to these girls."
In the wake of the investigation, Theret agreed to resign and the Fab Five are now off the cheerleading team.
Theret's attorney and some of the cheerleaders have been quoted as saying Jones' portrayal of them is unfair and overly harsh.
But Jones' 70-page report blames Theret for protecting the girls, who also had support from their own parents.
"Kids will be kids, but adults have to be adults," Jones said.
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