The phallic incident

Hanover High

**The Graffiti Incident (or simply "The Dicks")** Was an act of vandalism that occured at Hanover High where obscene images were spray-painted onto 27 cars in the staff parking lot. While initialy viewed as a simple prank, (aswell as an attack on Mrs. Shapiro) evidence shows it may have been a targeted attack on Mr. Rafferty.

## The Investigation

Security footage was deleted during the time frame of the incident, meaning there was no way of easily knowing who was responsible. Initialy, Dylan Maxwell, "a known dick-drawer" took full blame for the incident, and was subsequently expelled from Hanover High. He spends the majority of the series awaiting a criminal trial for the vandalism. Upon his expulsion, Peter Maldonado notices that the evidence against Dylan was largely circumstantial, and aims to find out if Dylan was truely responsible. Peter, alongside Sam Ecklund document their investigation in the first season of American Vandal.

Due to the security footage being deleted, it was quickly established that the Vandal had to be a member of or closely associated with a member of the morning show 9, due to them being the only students with access to the security footage. After investigating all of the members, Dylan was still by far the most plausible suspect.

One of the main pieces of evidence against Dylan was his vendetta against Mrs. Shapiro, his spanish teacher. Shaprio Claimed that not only was Mrs. Shapiro's car vandalised, but her tires were also slashed. Peter discovers evidence that proves she lied about this, likely to frame Dylan. Peter discovers further evidence that Shapiro may have coerced Alex Trimboli into saying he witnessed Dylan vandalising the cars. They came to the conclusion that Shapiro truely believed Dylan drew the dicks, and she simply stretched a few facts to make the case against Dylan stronger.

After taking at closer look at footage of Nana's Party, a houseparty held roughly a week before the incident, Peter discovers that the spray paint can used in the vandalism was taken from a shed at the site of the sight of the party by Brandon Gallaway. It was quickly shown that Brandon was not responsible for the dicks as he used the spray paint for his prom-prosal to Gabi Granger, and tossed the can away afterwards. It did however show that the can must've been taken by someone who was close to the can between Brandon tossing it and the party being broken up by the police.

Due to the age of the can, it needed to be shaken heavily before functionting properly, and after initialy spraying, it would splatter paint, meaning that the first car vandalized would likely have splatter, and the owner of the splattered car could likely be a target, after looking over images of the vandalized cars, Peter and Sam Identify 3 possible targets, Vice Principal Keene, Mr. Mada, and Mr. Rafferty. They discover that Mackenzie Wagner, Dylan's Girlfriend, likely had a vendetta against Mr. Rafferty. A few days prior to the vandalism, Mackenzie alledgedly trashed Rafferty's office because he was dating Mackenzies mother. further supported by writing on rafferty's white board saying "Stick your dick somewhere else" Rafferty simply cleaned it up and did not inform the public of the incident. This allegedly angered mackenzie. This, alongside Mackenzie's weak alibi, convinced Peter and Sam that Mackenzie was respponsible for the dicks, and further alledged that she collaborated with Dylan Maxwell to commit the vandalism. Mackenzie then reluctantly sends Peter a video proving her (and Dylan's) innocence, although it also showed that she was cheating on Dylan, causing them to break up.

During a prom after-party, a highly intoxicated Ming Zhang suffered an alcohol related health complication, he lost conciousness and briefly stopped breathing. During the incident, a panicked Christa Carlyle asks if anybody around knew CPR. This was strange considering Christa's alibi was that she was undergoing CPR training at a camp. A camp counseler later confirmed she recieved a certificate, but it was given to her by her boyfriend Van Delorey. This, along with her likely vendetta against Mr. Rafferty made her a prime suspect.

The most likely theory is that Christa Carlyle Collaborated with Van Delorey to Commit the vandalism, and that Alex Trimboli did not see Dylan Maxwell, but Van Delorey, as their physical appearances are similar. Van Spray painted the cars while Christa, a member of the Morning Show 9 deleted the security footage.