A federal jury in Virginia rejected a lawsuit claiming that the Fairfax County school system mishandled rape allegations by a student more than a decade ago.
A 24-year-old woman who sued school officials in Fairfax County, Va., for millions of dollars, saying they mishandled allegations more than a decade ago that she was raped, lost her case Wednesday when she was unable to convince a federal jury that the school system had failed her.
After hearing wrenching testimony from B.R., her mother and other witnesses in a trial that lasted more than a month, an eight-person jury deliberated for less than a day and rejected all of the woman’s claims against Fairfax school officials. B.R. was seeking millions of dollars in damages over the post-traumatic stress disorder that she alleged was the result of the sexual abuse she suffered as a seventh-grader.
Attorneys for Fairfax County argued that B.R. never reported being raped to school officials and that the bullying and harassment complaints she did raise were handled appropriately. The attorneys sharply questioned B.R.’s credibility, telling the jury that her story changed over the years and that the school board had “serious doubt” about the veracity of her allegations.B.R. alleged in her lawsuit that she had been gang-raped on school grounds. Those allegations did not surface at trial.
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