A former Canarsie High School student has filed a lawsuit against the New York City Department of Education, alleging she was sexually abused by former school aide Kevin Gilford Orr while she was a student and after she left the school, according to a press release from PFAU Cochran Vertetis Amala Law firm.
The lawsuit, filed in Brooklyn Supreme Court, alleges that the abuse occurred between approximately 2005 and 2009, beginning when the plaintiff was a minor.
It claims Orr used his position at Canarsie High School to gain access to the student and that school administrators failed to respond adequately to warning signs or concerns about his conduct…