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- Three former students have filed suit, saying a SoCal school district failed to protect them from “rampant” sexual abuse.
- The lawsuit comes after Business Insider revealed decades of sexual misconduct by educators at Rosemead High.
- Former students across the nation are raising fresh abuse allegations, sparking probes and resignations.
A group of sexual abuse survivors have filed suit in Los Angeles Superior Court, saying their high school district failed to protect them from predatory teachers for years.
The lawsuit , filed by three former students at Rosemead High, claims that district officials created a “toxic” culture on campus where “sexual abuse by educators is rampant.” Administrators failed to properly supervise employees, the lawsuit claims, and repeatedly “ignored and concealed the sexual abuse of minor students.”
The plaintiffs in the suit, which cites Business Insider’s investigation of sexual misconduct at the Southern California high school , include a pair of former students BI previously identified as L. and Clara. L. said she had a yearslong sexual relationship with her tennis coach Wing Chan while she was a student, while Clara said she was groped and sexually harassed by social science teacher Alex Rai for much of her senior year. A third woman, identified only as a Jane Doe, said she was sexually harassed and groped by her track coach, Eduardo Escobar, as a freshman.