Southern California teacher accused of sexually abusing student
A Riverside County teacher has been arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing a minor, according to authorities.
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Married teacher from quiet SoCal suburb accused of several lewd acts with student
A married Southern California teacher was arrested for allegedly having inappropriate sexual relations with her students — and police believe there may be even more victims.
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LA teachers union tries, fails to defend teachers accused of abuse
LA teachers union representative Glenn Sacks appears to believe (“Teachers deserve presumption of innocence,” May 13) that he has all the answers for the ongoing problem of child sexual abuse in our schools. He blames the victims; he blames the US Department of Education; he blames everyone but the predators and the school administrators who cover up their crimes.
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More lawsuits filed over sexual abuse allegations at CT daycare. Families 'deserve complete honesty'
More lawsuits have been filed against a daycare in Avon where a former employee allegedly sexually assaulted several boys.
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He Was Fired for Sexually Harassing Students. California Allowed Him to Keep Teaching Anyway.
A California teacher was deemed “unfit to teach” after students reported him for touching them in ways that made them uncomfortable, including massaging their shoulders.
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Years after sex abuse scandal rocked USA Gymnastics, a young athlete says "it happened again"
CBS News: Sean Gardner, a gymnastics coach who trained elite young girls, pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual exploitation of children in federal court in Mississippi on Monday. He could face 15 to 30 years in prison per count when he's sentenced in October.
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Former daycare worker accused of sexual assault worked at several locations in Connecticut
A former daycare worker charged with sexually assaulting five boys at BrightPath daycare in Avon worked at several other locations in the state.
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Ex-Avon daycare worker accused of sex assault worked at 3 other BrightPath locations, official says
The former BrightPath daycare employee charged with sexually assaulting multiple children at a center in Avon briefly worked at three other company locations in Hartford County, according to a company spokesperson.
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Disney cruise ship staffers among 28 arrested in massive child porn operation
Families hoping to make memories on a cruise were unknowingly surrounded by alleged child predators working aboard the ships, according to law enforcement officials.
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Feds probe LAUSD for allegedly reassigning, not removing, teachers accused of sex misconduct
The U.S. Department of Education is investigating LAUSD for allegedly reassigning, rather than removing, teachers accused of sexual misconduct during investigations.
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U.S. Department of Education Opens Title IX Investigation into Los Angeles Unified School District
The Department of Education’s Title IX investigation into LAUSD raises a grave question: whether the district placed the continued employment of adults credibly accused of sexual misconduct above the safety of children. If the Department’s allegations are true, LAUSD did not remove danger. It reassigned it.
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L.A. Unified payouts reach $200 million in Mark Berndt student abuse claims after latest settlement
The Los Angeles Unified School District has agreed to pay $30.5 million to 19 more students who said they were victims of Mark Berndt, a convicted serial child molester, bringing the amount the district has paid out in connection with his crimes to more than $200 million, attorneys said Thursday.
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Attorneys believe there are more sexual assault victims of now-former Avon day care worker
Attorneys believe there are more victims involving a now-former Avon day care employee who was arrested earlier this month after allegedly sexually assaulting a 4-year-old child at the facility.
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Ex-UCLA campus gynecologist pleads guilty to 13 sex crimes, resentenced to 11 years in prison
A former UCLA campus gynecologist whose conviction on sex-related charges involving two women was reversed by an appeals court in February pleaded guilty Tuesday to 13 felony counts.
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California shouldn’t water down justice for these child sexual abuse survivors
The recent revelation from 95-year-old Dolores Huerta that César Chávez sexually abused her decades ago is a stark reminder of what research has long shown: the ramifications of sexual abuse are profound and lifelong, and it often takes survivors decades to speak out about what they experienced when they were young.
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California, America Grapple with ‘Epidemic of Sexual Abuse’ in Schools
A California school district failed to properly investigate more than 100 allegations of sexual misconduct perpetrated against students by school employees over nearly a decade, investigators determined last month.
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Lawsuit filed against Avon daycare's corporate parent following sexual assault allegations
A lawsuit was filed on Wednesday against an Avon daycare's corporate parent, where an employee was arrested and charged with sexual assault and risk of injury to a child.
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Lawsuit filed against Avon daycare after staff member charged with sexual assault
A lawsuit has been filed against an Avon daycare, claiming it failed to protect children from an employee who was charged with sexual assault.
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California sex abuse laws could put the U.F.W. at significant financial risk
The allegations against Cesar Chavez could have sweeping legal and financial implications for the United Farm Workers, legal experts say, because California in recent years has lengthened the statute of limitations for victims to file civil sexual abuse claims.
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California schools face a new budget hit: Soaring insurance costs after sex abuse lawsuits
A recent state law lifted the statute of limitations on sex abuse lawsuits, driving a huge increase in payouts by school districts and government agencies. It has also increased insurance premiums for all agencies.
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Cedars-Sinai didn't act on four decades of complaints about gynecologist's sexual abuse, lawsuits allege
For decades, according to lawsuits now filed by hundreds of former patients, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center allegedly ignored or minimized repeated complaints that obstetrician-gynecologist Dr. Barry Brock was sexually abusing women under the guise of medical care.
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Will California lawmakers break their promise to child sexual abuse survivors?
California’s Legislature is considering revising a state law that has enabled more victims of child sexual abuse to sue public schools. This column argues against reforming the law.
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New Trial Ordered for Former U.C.L.A. Gynecologist Convicted of Sex Abuse
James M. Heaps was sentenced to 11 years in prison in April 2023. A note from the jury to the judge during deliberations was never disclosed, and an appeals court said the case must be retried.
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The Enduring Stain of Our Community’s ‘Open Secret,’ and a Mount Kisco Native’s Heroic
Decades-long allegations of abuse by youth coach Jimmy Collins in Mount Kisco, New York have left lasting trauma and a community reckoning. One local man’s journey from childhood teammate to lead plaintiff helped expose how the “open secret” of Collins’ misconduct persisted for generations despite warnings and institutional failures.
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USA Gymnastics and Olympic sports watchdog failed to stop coach’s sexual abuse, lawsuits allege
Two former youth gymnasts in Iowa have filed lawsuits alleging that USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Center for SafeSport failed to act on multiple reports warning about coach Sean Gardner’s abusive behavior, allowing him continued access to children despite years of documented complaints.
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$4B Sex Abuse Settlement Scandal Spurs California State Bar Complaints
Lawyers behind a record $4 billion sex abuse settlement with Los Angeles County have brought in a second mediator to oversee potential fraud after an article in the Los Angeles Times last month revealed that recruiters paid cash to potential plaintiffs on behalf of Downtown LA Law Group.
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Victorville school district will pay $12.5 million to settle sex abuse lawsuits by 8 former students
Former guidance counselor Eric Lynn Brown, who worked in the school district from 1991 to 2002, was sentenced to 102 years in prison
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VVUHSD settles child sex abuse lawsuit brought by 8 victims for $12.5 million
Victor Valley Union High School District has agreed to a $12.5 million settlement in a lawsuit brought by eight victims over child sexual abuse committed by a then-counselor at a Victorville junior high school decades ago, attorneys for the plaintiffs announced Wednesday, Oct. 22.
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West Linn doctor accused of sexually abusing patients pleads not guilty to 11 charges
David Farley appeared in court Friday, five years after his patients first reported his abuse to police.
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West Linn doctor enters plea in case charging him with sex abuse of patients
A former West Linn doctor previously accused in civil court of preying on dozens of patients was arrested Friday and criminally charged with sexually abusing two women and a girl under the age of 14.
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Redlands Unified settles sex abuse lawsuit for $1.4 million with first alleged victim of Laura Whitehurst
'If they had acted in 2007 and removed her from the classroom, she never would have injured our clients and other children,' said attorney Morgan Stewart
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California's sex abuse law caused a ‘feeding frenzy.’ Lawmakers can't find a fix.
This is an engineered crisis by school districts and public entities to scream to the Legislature when there are solutions built into the law already,” said Morgan Stewart, a partner at Manly, Stewart & Finaldi.
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Michigan couple held in Mexican prison for month over timeshare dispute claims resort ‘weaponized’ criminal justice system
Michigan couple held in a Mexican maximum security prison for a month over a timeshare dispute have filed suit against a resort, claiming it “weaponized” the Cancun judicial system and coerced them to sign an NDA while armed guards stood watching, court papers show.
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2 more ex-Redlands Unified students allege sexual abuse by former athletic trainer, volunteer coach
The school district's 'conduct exemplifies that it cannot and will not keep kids safe,' says attorney Morgan Stewart, who has repeatedly sued the district
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The Week in Populism
The British philosopher G.K. Chesterton is most famous for his mystery series featuring Father Brown, a Catholic priest who moonlights as a detective. But geeks also rightly honor his anti-populist defense of time-honored principles neatly summed up in what we’ve come to call Chesterton’s Fence. Chesterton (1874–1936) put it this way: if you’re walking through a forest and come upon a fence for which you can see no purpose, you might be inclined to tear it down — to free the wilderness, perhaps, to eliminate a blemish on the land. But it would be better if you first learned why the fence was there in the first place.
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Subpoena fight brings Mormon Church into West Linn doctor sex abuse case
In 2016, an Oregon teenager went to see her longtime family doctor, David Farley, for a physical before her missionary trip. Like the doctor, the teenager was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He allegedly convinced her that a penetrative pelvic exam was necessary at such an appointment — a line he frequently used even when evaluating elementary school aged patients for a sports physical.
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Ex-Diegueno Middle School employee gets 28 years for molesting student
A former campus supervisor at Diegueno Middle School in Encinitas who molested a 12-year-old female student was sentenced Wednesday to 28 years in state prison.
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Jury awards former Barstow Unified student $2 million for sex abuse in 1984
A jury has awarded a $2 million verdict to a former Barstow Unified School District student who was sexually abused by her elementary school teacher in the 1980s, her attorneys announced Wednesday.
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Lawyers claim 15 teachers in SoCal district allegedly sexually assaulted students as $2M verdict reached
A $2 million verdict was reached in a lawsuit filed against the Barstow Unified School District that claimed a teacher sexually assaulted an elementary school student in 1984, and lawyers representing victims state that the district has a “long and sordid history of allowing sexual predators to molest children in its schools.”
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30 people accused this probation officer of sexual abuse. He won’t face charges
Many eyes were on Los Angeles County on April 7 as a claims board approved a long haggled-over $4-billion settlement, following a flood of lawsuits from victims who said they were sexually abused as children in county-run lock-ups and foster homes.
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