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LAUSD Served New Lawsuit Over Middle School Sexual Assault Incident
In the same month it settled a lawsuit concerning student molestation at Telfair Elementary School, Los Angeles Unified School District has been hit with another lawsuit alleging that its employees failed to properly respond to a sexual assault at Samuel Gompers Middle School. The legal guardian of 13-year-old female student filed the suit with…
Los Angeles Schools Reach $4.42M Settlement for 2012 Molestation Case
Los Angeles Unified School District has agreed to pay $4.42M to three alleged victims of a former third-grade teacher who was convicted of molestation in 2012. The settlement stems from the assertion that LAUSD should have recognized that the teacher, Paul Chapel, has a history of sex crimes and was not suitable for employment…
Los Angeles After-School Program Coach Charged with Molestation of Nine Girls
Late last week, an after-school program coach was charged with numerous felony counts of committing lewd acts on a child. Ronnie Lee Roman, 42, is accused of in appropriately touching female students in Los Angeles as far back as 2001. Last Friday’s charges come following a report from a Cahuenga Elementary School student who…
OCDA Turns to Public to Identify Additional Victims in Molestation Case
The Orange County District Attorney’s Office is now appealing to the public for help in identifying additional victims of Shauna Marie Sims. Sims is the former special education teacher at Parks Junior High School in Fullerton and has been charged five felony counts related to molestation and abuse accusations involving two students. Officials now…
The Senators (Ret.) Firm, LLC Now Investigating Civil Liability in Franklin High School Abuse Case
On April 20, the Superior Court of Los Angeles County officially received charges against Jaime Jimenez, a former Franklin Senior High School football coach suspected of sexually abusing students. The criminal complaint details 23 felony counts of lewd acts upon a child, sodomy of a person under 16, and oral copulation of a person…
Charges Officially Filed Against Torrance Coach Facing Scores of Abuse and Molestation Allegations
Last week, the Superior Court of the State of California for Los Angeles County received the official criminal complaint against Thomas Joseph Snider, the Torrance teacher and coach accused of over 40 counts of lewd acts upon children and child molestation. The charges, filed by District Attorney Jackie Lacey, also included one count of…
The Senators (RET.) Firm, LLP Opens Civil Investigations into Child Sexual Abuse Allegations at Franklin High School and Torrance High School
Lawyers at The Senators (Ret.) Firm, LLP announced today the initiation of investigations into allegations of mass child sexual abuse at two Southern California high school campuses. The firm’s announcement comes in the wake of recent arrests of staff members at Franklin High School in Highland Park and Torrance High School in Torrance. On…
Torrance Teacher Pleads Not Guilty to 41 Molestation and Lewd Act Charges
A Torrance high school teacher and wrestling coach has pleaded not guilty to over 40 counts of lewd acts and child molestation. The accused, Thomas Joseph Snider, 47, was arrested last January when several students came forward to report the abuse, which allegedly took place from September 2013 to February 2015. According to the…