Bridesmaids inspired "slaps" puts teacher in hot water

Is this a frivolous charge?  Maybe it will come out eventually.  Some students say the teacher is a sweet person and that there were no real slaps.  It was fake.  Hopefully, the truth will come out.

Being slapped six times in front of a class is out there.

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-malibu-bridesmaids-slap,0,6923119.story