California School District Ordered to Pay $25 Million in Sexual Abuse and Grooming Case
A Santa Barbara jury rendered a $25 million verdict in a civil suit against the Santa Barbara Unified School District, ruling after a three-week trial that the district was 80% at fault for the sexual abuse and grooming of a teenage student by former Dos Pueblos High School security guard and assistant football coach Justin Sell from 2008 to 2011, with records showing that the district was aware of issues beginning in 2007.