A Turlock City Council candidate is facing a defamation lawsuit after accusing a substitute teacher at Turlock Junior High School of allegedly sexually assaulting her daughter and claiming the school district worked with law enforcement to cover it up.
The lawsuit alleges that Kelley Coelho, who is running for Turlock City Council District 1, made the accusations both in public and in social media posts stemming from October.
The lawsuit was filed this month in Stanislaus County Superior Court by substitute teacher Vance Yarbrough, who is seeking damages to be determined by a jury, estimated at no less than $300,000…