WND July 9, 2023
'Schools do not get one free rape'A Virginia school district has paid a settlement of nearly $600,000 after a student charged she was sexually violated on a school bus during a band trip – for the way the school district reacted to the incident.
A lawyer not involved in the case said had the result ended up the other way, schools nationwide could have used the precedent that would have made it virtually impossible for them to be held responsible for failing to protect children.
The report comes from the Daily Wire, which explained the recent settlement of $587,000 came after the Supreme Court declined to intervene.
The report said Shatter the Silence, a group that has called attention to the school district’s handling of sexual abuse, welcomed news of the settlement.
"We’re pleased that Jane Doe finally got some form of justice,” the group said in a statement to the Daily Wire. “It only took fighting FCPS and its rape defense lawyers at Hunton Andrews Kurth in every level of the judiciary."
The ruling said the assault was by another student and while there was no previous "infraction," the law is clear "that a school may be held liable when it makes a student vulnerable to sexual harassment by their peers, such as by failing to respond appropriately after learning of an initial incident of sexual assault."
That opinion pointedly said, "In other words, schools do not get ‘one free rape.'"
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https://www.wnd.com/2023/07/one-time-band-camp-huge-payment-girl-sexually-violated-bus/