Articles Posted in Sexual Abuse Lawsuits

Following the sexual misconduct arrest of Del Paso Heights Elementary School teacher Kim Wilson last month, one of his victims is now filing a sexual abuse lawsuit against the Twin Rivers Unified School District.

A civil lawsuit was filed against Backstreet Boys pop star Nick Carter for the February 2001 rape of a 17-year-old girl. “We want entertainers like Carter to know that just because they’re famous they’re not above the law,” said attorney Mark Boskovich of the San Jose-based law firm Corsiglia McMahon & Allard.

A sexual abuse lawsuit was filed in Merced County Superior Court alleging that former Merced County educators, Gary Bettencourt and Dusty Norris, sexually abused two young students. The complaint alleges that Norris abused her during the 2004-2005 school year. At the time Norris was employed by the Merced County of Education (MCOE) as an ROP teacher at Los Banos High School. The lawsuit also identifies Jane Doe 2 as a victim of both Norris and Bettencourt. Norris is still awaiting trial on charges that he allegedly sexually abused Jane Doe 1 and Jane Doe 2 while he was an ROP instructor.

The law firm of Corsiglia, McMahon & Allard has filed a sexual abuse lawsuit in Butte County Superior Court alleging the Thermalito Union Elementary School District was negligent for failing to protect an eight-year-old second grade student. The victim was in second grade when she was sexually abused starting in 2006 when she was abused between 2006-2009 at Poplar Avenue Elementary School in Thermalito, which is near Oroville. Her abuser, paraeducator You Lee Vang, was found guilty in 2015 of sexually molesting four children, including Jane Doe. He is serving 24 years in state prison.

The lawsuit claims that Doe’s sexual abuse could have been prevented if the school had properly supervised Vang.

Former Sierramont Middle School teacher is now suspected of sexually abusing five students. The Berryessa Union School District could have stopped the abuse according to a lawsuit filed against the District.

Sexual abuse lawyer Lauren Cerri achieves a record-setting $65 million jury verdict for her sexually abused client. Case results in a $102.5 million verdict.

A Marin County jury awarded a sexual abuse survivor $10 million while ruling that the Tamalpais Union High School District was 100 percent negligent for the 2003 sexual abuse of a then-high school student by its then PE teacher and tennis coach Normandie Burgos.

The Union School District has agreed to pay $7.5 million to five men who were sexually abused by their Cinnabar Elementary School teacher in the late 1970s and early ‘80s. There is still an opportunity for sexual abuse victims to come forward before the law expires this December. That opportunity remains for all victims, no matter how old, until the end of this year.

A rising tennis star who was sexually assaulted by her coach has filed suit against the United States Tennis Association, claiming the organization and its player development affiliate failed to protect her from a known sexual abuser.

Allison Brown was a student-athlete at Valley Christian High School in San Jose when Marshall began abusing her in the early 2000s. In 2021, she hired Corsiglia McMahon & Allard to represent her in a civil lawsuit against Valley Christian, saying the school should have protected her from Marshall. Valley Christian settled Allison’s lawsuit and agreed to make policy changes that she believes will help avoid future sexual abuse problems at the school.