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Special Report: Parents Sue School District Over Sexual Abuse Claims
Lawsuit contends administrators didn't act
The Rye City School District is facing a new $1 million lawsuit after a second-grade student was allegedly sexually abused and bullied by a classmate.
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A second-grade girl at the Osborn School was sexually abused and bullied by a male classmate over a span of at least several months, while the school’s administrators did little to stop it, the young girl’s parents claimed in a new lawsuit.
The girl was in first grade at Osborn when the bullying began in June 2023. Her parents learned of the problem and the children's teacher and lunch monitors were made aware of the harassment, which continued, the court filing in Westchester County Supreme Court alleged.
Things only got worse when the girl entered second grade that September after she was again placed in the same classroom as the alleged perpetrator, according to her parents’ suit. There were five second grade classes at Osborn that year.
The girl’s parents are seeking $1 million in damages from the Rye City School District.
-by Rosie Newmark & Camille Botello