Posts Tagged 'student sexual assault'

Settlement Reached in New York Gynecologist Sex Abuse Case

irving medical center pays settlement over gynecologist abuseColumbia University Irving Medical Center and New York Presbyterian have agreed to pay a combined total of over $165 million to 147 women who came forward alleging that they were sexually abused while under the care of disgraced former gynecologist Robert Hadden. Hadden was convicted of sex-related charges in 2016 in New York state court but served no prison time as a result. Federal charges are still ...

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Lawsuit: Abington School District Created Environment Leading to Rape of 15-Year-Old

A federal lawsuit has been filed against the Abington School District for what the plaintiff alleges is the district’s complicity in creating the environment that allowed a 15-year-old female student to be raped on school grounds.

The alleged assailant was well-known to the victim as well as the school’s administration, as he had been harassing and stalking her since the two attended the same junior high school. When the student’s relentless pursuit of the victim then followed to ...

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