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Lawsuit Claims Inadequate Protection Against Alleged Abuse by Ex-Athletic Director and Coach

Delphi Academy, a private school in Los Angeles, is facing a lawsuit filed by the law firm of Cerri, Boskovich & Allard on behalf of a former student who allegedly suffered sexual abuse at the hands of Randolph Clifford Jackson, the school’s former basketball coach and Athletic Director. The lawsuit, filed on October 18, 2024, in Los Angeles County, alleges a disturbing pattern of abuse and institutional negligence.

The lawsuit claims that John Doe, the former student, was repeatedly sexually molested by Jackson during the 2011-2012 school year. Jackson allegedly exploited his position to isolate Doe, providing car rides and assigning him as an athletic department assistant. The abuse occurred on school grounds, including the Athletics office, sports shed, and boys’ restroom.

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Lawsuit alleges that the District failed to supervise a John Glenn teacher after it was alerted to inappropriate red-flag behavior

The law firm of Cerri, Boskovich & Allard has filed a lawsuit against the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District in Los Angeles County Superior Court. The lawsuit alleges that the district failed to adequately supervise a John Glenn High School teacher, which led to the alleged sexual assault of a student.

The plaintiff, referred to as Jane Doe, claims that the teacher, Raymond Niemann, exploited his position of authority to groom her for sexual advances beginning in 2008. The alleged abuse continued for nearly two years.

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District failed to protect eighth-grade student from abuse by former teacher Michelle Solis

Butte County — October 10, 2024 — A lawsuit was filed late yesterday (Butte County Superior Court) against the Gridley Unified School District on behalf of a former middle school student who was sexually abused by his teacher, Michelle Solis, at Sycamore Junior High School during the 2020-2021 academic year. Solis confessed to the sexual activity with the eighth-grade male student and in June of this year was sentenced to four years in state prison.

The lawsuit filed by the San Jose law firm of Cerri, Boskovich & Allard along with the Carrillo Law Firm from South Pasadena alleges that the school district failed to supervise Solis and to protect the student, named as John Doe in the lawsuit, from predators like Solis.

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As students head back to school, the San Jose law firm of Cerri, Boskovich & Allard is reminding parents about the dangers of sexual abuse by educators and urging parents and school officials to be aware of teachers who exhibit predatory “red flag” behavior, which almost always precedes the sexual abuse of a student.

Sexual predators signal their intent to sexually abuse a student by slowly crossing the boundaries established to protect students. The reality is that predators are not caught abusing children, but they can be caught breaking rules and crossing boundaries if parents and educators know what to look for.

According to Professor Charol Shakeshaft, an internationally recognized researcher, 4.5 million students or nearly 1 out of every ten kids are subjected to educator sexual misconduct. The sexual misconduct ranges from inappropriate conduct to criminal sexual behavior.

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USA Swimming Olympians now compete in a much safer environment thanks to 15 years of increased awareness and efforts to prevent sexual abuse and a commitment to change a culture that valued medals over athlete safety.

Fifteen years ago, the arrest of swim coach Andy King for sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl he coached in San Jose marked a turning point. The survivor, represented by attorney Robert Allard of Cerri, Boskovich & Allard, catalyzed a movement that has significantly improved safety in USA Swimming.

“USA Swimming and Olympic sports would not be safer without the courage of Jane Doe coming forward in 2010 and publicly sharing her story with the national news media,” Allard says. ” This revelation prompted other athletes to speak out, leading to the imprisonment of top coaches and a comprehensive overhaul of USA Swimming.”

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The law firm of Cerri, Boskovich & Allard is investigating the stabbing of a Christopher High School student in Gilroy. An arrest was made of a Christopher High School student for allegedly stabbing another student in the school’s locker room.

Gilroy Police responded to the incident around noon, discovering that a fight between two boys had escalated, resulting in one boy stabbing the other with a knife. The initial investigation confirmed the altercation between the two male students led to the stabbing.

School staff and a School Resource Officer on campus quickly intervened. The injured student was transported to a local hospital for treatment, though the extent of his injuries has not been disclosed.

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The United States Tennis Association (USTA) has been ordered by a jury to pay $9 million in damages to tennis player Kylie McKenzie after a court determined that the organization failed to prevent her from being sexually assaulted by her coach.

Kylie McKenzie, a 25-year-old American tennis player, initiated her lawsuit in March 2022 in the US District Court in Orlando, Florida. She filed against both the USTA and USTA Player Development Incorporated, alleging that her former coach, Anibal Aranda, employed by the organization at the time, had committed sexual assault and battery against her.

Accusations also included the USTA’s gross negligence in employing and inadequately supervising Coach Aranda, despite his known history of sexual predation, which the lawsuit contended constituted a conscious disregard or indifference to McKenzie’s life, safety, or rights.

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Berryessa Union School District has agreed to pay $10.3 million to a group of former Sierramont Middle School students who were groomed and sexually abused in the late 1990s and early 2000s by a teacher who in 2023 was convicted and sentenced to two decades in prison after the victims renewed their allegations against him.

The settlement with the Berryessa Union School District was announced Tuesday by the San Jose-based law firm Cerri, Boskovich & Allard, which secured the payout on behalf of three students. Two of them testified in the prosecution of Ronald Dean Gardner, who was sentenced in December to 22 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually abusing a total of four students.

Gardner taught at the school more than two decades ago and was plagued by allegations of inappropriate conduct with students. He was allowed to resign after a police investigation at the time failed to yield any criminal charges against him. In 2021, students came forward again with abuse allegations after Assembly Bill 218, which was in effect from 2020 to 2022, granted a one-time extension of the statute of limitations.

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The law firm of Cerri, Boskovich & Allard has filed a lawsuit against the Campbell Union High School District. The lawsuit alleges that Leigh High School teacher Shawn Thomas impregnated a student in 2003 and forced her to have an abortion. Thomas was arrested last month after the former student disclosed to police that he raped her while she was his student.

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The lawsuit states that the victim, referred to as Jane Doe, was a freshman at Leigh High in the 2002-2003 school year. Thomas allegedly began grooming her for sexual advances and assaulting her multiple times on school grounds, including in his portable classroom and a storage room in the boys’ locker room. The lawsuit claims that Thomas’s wife Sarah, who was the Dean of Leigh High at the time, discovered the victim with Thomas in his classroom after they had been having sex.

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A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in San Jose, California by truck accident attorney Mark Boskovich of the law firm of Cerri, Boskovich and Allard. The lawsuit alleges that a recycling truck owned by GreenWaste Recovery rolled through a stop sign and struck a pedestrian who was crossing his neighborhood street.

Tragic Incident Captured on Doorbell Camera

According to the complaint, the incident occurred on January 22, 2024 in San Jose. Mr. Silvino Eloy Garcia, a San Jose State University graduate, was on his morning walk near Bellarmine College Prep. High School when he began to cross the intersection at McKendrie and Elm Streets. The recycling truck owned by GreenWaste Recovery allegedly did not stop at the stop sign and struck Mr. Garcia from behind, running over his body. Mr. Garcia died of his injuries four days later.

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