Ex-student claimed school district was negligent, failed to report suspected child abuse
The Supreme Court of California recently dealt with a case arising from a former student’s complaint alleging that an employee at her high school committed sexual abuse, sexual harassment, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
The Los Angeles Unified School District – the defendant in the case of Los Angeles Unified School District v. The Superior Court of Los Angeles County – operated Daniel Pearl Magnet High School, where the plaintiff was a student.
In February 2014, the school district allegedly learned that the employee, then working as an aide at a different school within the district, had a “boyfriend-girlfriend” relationship with H.M., a female student. Instead of terminating the employee, the school district transferred him to Daniel Pearl Magnet High School and allegedly created a false report stating that the employee and H.M. met and dated before it hired him.
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In November 2014, the employee allegedly sexually assaulted the plaintiff when she was in her ninth grade. Before that, he allegedly gave her special attention, acted affectionately toward her at school, held her hand, rubbed her legs, and sent her flirtatious and sexual text messages.
The plaintiff later told her parents, who informed the police. This led to the employee’s arrest in May 2016 and the filing of...
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