Nashville public schools have been dealing with a sexual harassment issue for the past few years. Schools have failed to protect students despite knowing of this, and now a multi-million dollar lawsuit will be going forward.
Four girls are involved in this lawsuit, claiming that they were pressured into having sexual encounters. In addition to this, they were also recorded without their knowledge.
The girls suffered humiliation, taunts, and even threats as the males who assaulted them then shared the videos among their peers. The videos weren’t only shared widely between students though, one male even went as far as to upload the video to a porn site.
Metro lawyers were seeking summary judgement in the case – asking the judge to rule in the district’s favor without a trial.
In opposition, U.S. District Court Judge Aleta Trauger explained how a reasonable juror could come to the conclusion that Metro school officials failed to protect the girls before and after they were subject to unwanted sexual contact.
Metro school lawyers made arguments saying that because male students were also shown in the videos, the girls did not suffer the kind of unequal treatment barred by federal laws. Trauger immediately shot down this argument, saying that there’s absolutely no evidence that the boys suffered from any kind of taunting or name calling.
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