A risk pool providing coverage for the Brentwood Union School District has reached a settlement in a lawsuit brought by the parents of a child who was sexually assaulted by another student, during the 2013-2014 school year, at Adams Middle School.
The settlement calls for the plaintiff to receive $2 million in compensation and legal fees, and the plaintiffs will dismiss their lawsuit against the district and individual employees.
This case stems from the 2014 arrest and subsequent conviction of a 14-year-old student. Investigators determined the boy had pressured a female student to send nude or partially nude photos of herself via text message, and then used the photos to force the victim into engaging in sexual conduct with him.
The boy plead guilty to felony charges of sex assault and is currently incarcerated at a youth correctional facility.
All of us in the district were deeply disturbed by this occurrence in one of our schools. As educators and as parents, we shared the community’s distress at learning one of our students had been victimized in our school.
In the years since this incident, we have sought to strengthen our procedures to guard against anything like this happening again. Student movement on our campuses is more carefully overseen, and we have undertaken an extensive outreach program to educate students and parents on online safety. We continue to work with the Brentwood Police Department and other community organizations to help make our students safe at school and on social media.
The terms of the settlement were negotiated between attorneys for the plaintiffs and representatives of the joint powers authority that runs the district’s risk pool. The terms were not subject to approval by the Brentwood Union School District Board of Education.
The risk pool will pay the settlement amount; it will not come from the Brentwood Union School District’s operating budget.
The following above was a statement released by the BUSD
Original Stories:
Brentwood: 14-Year-Old Boy Arrested in Middle School “Sexting” Case — click here
Brentwood: Felony Warrant Issued to 14-Year-Old Male in Sexting Ring — click here
Brentwood PD: Middle School “Sexting” Ring May Have Led to Forced Sex — click here
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How much of this award is coming from the parents of the teen who performed the assault?
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