![]() “Despite actual knowledge of the incident, conducted no investigation as to the events leading to and occurring during the sexual assault.” The coach “walked away and allowed such sexual assault to continue,” the complaint continues. ![]() In the new lawsuit, John Doe echoes that fear, saying he began “having to shower with his underwear on to help deter and/or prevent future sexual assaults.” The Daily Beast reported in August, in the course of an investigation into the assaults, that boys who were promoted to the varsity teams told their mothers they refused to shower in the locker room naked, over fears they would be targeted. La Vernia mothers told The Daily Beast in April that, according to their sons, once enough pairs of underwear were torn off and stuffed down the drains during the assaults, it clogged the pipes in the school. John Doe’s parents claim the La Vernia Independent School District had a “deliberately indifferent response to multiple events of student-on-student sexual assault and subsequent sex-based harassment.” In doing so, the complaint alleges the school violated Title IX-the federal civil-rights law that protects against discrimination based on sex in education programs or activities. The boy, according to the suit, suffered “mental anguish and physical impairment” and he is seeking damages to pay for the expenses he’ll incur for counseling and psychological treatment.
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