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One Ohio High School faces a federal lawsuit on civil rights after a former student on the football team made several disturbing accusations, including being subjected to ambiguity and sexual assault while attending a June football camp, according to court documents.
The complaint, which was filed on Tuesday in the US district court for the northern district of Ohio, appointed Ursuline High School in Youngstown as defendant in the case. Several school employees and football coach, the Catholic Diocese of Youngstown and several named players and parents were also listed as defendants in the trial.
The allegations of the trial filed on Tuesday come from a nine-day football camp in June. (istock)
According to a press release from Chandra Law Firm, representing the mother of the footballer and her daughter, the trial claims that the plaintiff’s son was “violently assaulted” during a nine-day football camp traveling through Florida, Tennessee and Alabama in June.
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The boy, who was not identified in the trial but was described as a beginner on the team, claimed he was sexually assaulted the first night on the trip by a player. Another player was accused of filming the assault and uploading it to the team’s group Snapchat. The alleged obscurity and bullying Continued in the days following the first alleged assault and on the fourth camp day the applicant claimed he was assaulted again when he was detained by several players and stripped until he was completely postponed.
The alleged assault was again filmed and shared with the same group on Snapchat.
The trial appointed other alleged acts of obscurity and bullying, both against the applicant and other players. The complaint also claimed that school officials failed in their response to the applicant’s complaints and that coaches were aware of the threats of bullying during the camp but did not take meaningful action.
The mother first raised the claims to an assistant coach on June 16 during the camp and claimed that the coach allegedly rejected the assault charges and said “Just Boys were boys”, according to the complaint. She also met with school officials after her son returned home and claimed that they “showed no regret, remorse or compassion” at the start of the meeting.
A spokesman for Ursuline High School told Pakinomist Digital that a police investigation of the claims was underway and that both the school and the diocese’s representatives have collaborated with this investigation. (Google Maps)
The complaint also accused the school of not “conducting an investigation or taking meaningful disciplinary action against the players or coaches” even after being presented with evidence, according to the law firm representing the applicants.
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The mother’s daughter was also exposed to “threats” and the family allegedly faced retaliation after coming forward with the complaints, according to the complaint.
In addition to obscurity and assault, the trial also claimed several Violations of Title IX And said the defendants committed several other offenses, including false imprisonment, persecution, child pornography and distribution of weak and obscene materials.
“This case is about accountability. No family should have to endure the trauma this family suffered in the hands of other students and then in the hands of the school’s officials who, the case claim, made excuses, ignored and even tried to cover what happened,” the plaintiffs’ main lawyer Subodh Chandra said in a press release.
“We will welcome to hear from people with information about the trials of trial – and also from other victims.”
Ursuline High School and the Catholic Diocese of Youngstown were contacted for comment. In response, a spokesman Pakinomist Digital told that a police investigation of the claims was underway and that both school and diocesan representatives have collaborated with this investigation.
The trial said the applicant’s son was allegedly “violently assaulted” during a nine-day football camp traveling through several states in June. (Steve Nurenberg/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/TNS)
“Our students’ safety and well-being is Ursuline High School’s highest priority. Ursuline parents can and should feel confident that their sons and daughters are in a safe environment every day. For this, we want to highlight the steps we have taken with regard to the claims of the football program.”
The statement continued, “After the students and coaches returned from that trip, a family made a formal report to the school, claiming mismatch. Once informed, Ursuline’s administration opened a investigation in a timely manner.
The school noted that disciplinary actions against some of the students “most directly involved were imposed under ursuline policies.” Some students left school ”before discipline could be imposed.”
Increased Chaperon presence and mandatory training reviews were introduced as a result of the allegations, the school added. The football team’s games on Friday were also canceled after news about the civil case.
