Lawsuit: Oklahoma student's sexual assault ignored by school
Source: Associated Press
Ken Miller, Associated Press
Updated 2:36 pm, Wednesday, March 28, 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation confirmed Wednesday that it is looking into a lawsuit's allegations that a middle school student was sexually assaulted and threatened by classmates over 18 months and that school officials did nothing to stop the attacks.
The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court in Oklahoma City by the now 14-year-old boy and his parents, alleges that Superintendent A.J. Brewer and Principal Stuart McPherson of Washington Public Schools, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) south of Oklahoma City treated the assaults as "horseplay" or "accidental touching."
The OSBI investigation into the sexual assault allegations should be finished soon, according to spokeswoman Jessica Brown.
"We should have our reports completed in a few weeks. We will then hand it over to the district attorney. The DA will then determine how to proceed," and whether criminal charges are warranted, Brown said.
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