A Spanish exchange student has sued the private high school she attended as well as the Bay Area nonprofit that arranged the girl’s experience in the U.S., alleging they negligently placed her in the home of a man with a criminal record who drugged her and sexually assaulted her.
The lawsuit, filed on Aug. 11, alleges that San Rafael-based Cultural Homestay International, or CHI, committed fraud, negligence and breach of fiduciary duty by placing Claudia Gutierrez in the home of John and Roberta Woods for her educational year abroad in New Hampshire.
The suit also names Bishop Brady High School, located in Concord, N.H., claiming it failed to properly vet the host family and monitor the teen during her stay, according to the civil allegations filed in Merrimack Superior Court…