The University Place School District has agreed to pay a $9.5 million settlement to three former students who allege a former volunteer wrestling coach sexually abused them in the 2000's. FOX13
who were also allegedly sexually assaulted by O'Connor.
In that suit, attorneys for the victims said O'Connor's position as a couch gave him "unfettered access to children." In 1977, David O'Connor was convicted of two counts of indecent liberties against minors, according to Washington Law Center. A Lewis County Superior Court judge deemed him a "sexual psychopath" and he was ordered to not have contact with any child under the age of 15.claims the school did not properly vet O'Connor to catch his previous conviction.
The suit against the district said, "In breaching its duties, including hiring, retaining, and failing to supervise O’Connor; giving O’Connor access to children; entrusting its tasks, premises, and instrumentalities to O’Connor; failing to train its personnel in the signs of sexual predation and to protect children from sexual abuse and other harm; failing to warn [Plaintiffs] and [their] parents, and other parents of the danger of sexual abuse; and failing to create a safe and secure...
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