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A former student alleges that Desert Sands Unified School District knowingly employed a child predator and exposed countless students to him. Three lawsuits have already been filed against the school district, with two ongoing cases and one other having settled earlier this year. However, it’s expected that many more allegations will arise. The claims stem…

In May 2016, the Los Angeles Unified School District agreed to pay $88 million to settle sexual misconduct claims filed on behalf of 30 students involving two elementary school teachers. The claims brought against the District state that although there were warnings and concerns regarding predatory behavior, administrators did nothing to penalize the teachers. Both…

David Ring talked with the LA Times about his client’s fears after she heard an apparent recording of Charlie Sheen making violent threats against her following her civil lawsuit. Read full article here: http://goo.gl/42f63K http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2016/04/06/lapd-investigates-charlie-sheen/82715658/ March 24, 2016 L.A.’s Marlborough school is now blaming a sexual abuse victim for being molested by her teacher and…

As published by LA Times, Daily Journal, OC Register, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Daily Bulletin and KTLA, on May 10, 2016, Taylor & Ring obtained an $8 million verdict against Pomona Unified School District on behalf of the then 14-year-old student who was sexually abused by her 8th grade teacher Steven Andrews. The Lorbeer Middle…

David Ring appeared on KTLA to discuss his civil lawsuit against the Los Angeles Unified School District on behalf of an underage boy who was sexually abused by a San Pedro High School teacher. The substitute biology teacher, Michelle Yeh was sentenced to nearly four years in prison for multiple counts of child molestation and…

David Ring talked to KESQ/CBS2 and The Desert Sun about a sex abuse settlement involving the Desert Sands Unified School District. Taylor & Ring represents another victim suing the school district in a civil lawsuit stemming from sex crimes allegedly committed by a 4th grade teacher. Robert Keith Bryan is charged with molesting 8 children…

As published by LA Times, BuzzFeed, Inside Edition, KTLA, ABC 7 and NBC, on October 22, 2015, Dr. Joseph Koetters, a former Marlborough School teacher pled guilty to four felony counts of sexual assault of two minors who were also former students. Mr. Koetters sexually molested both students while they attended Marlborough in the early…

The NBC Los Angeles segment, “Former teacher charged with more sex crimes after second victim comes forward,” addresses the additional charges filed against Marlborough School’s former English teacher, Dr. Joseph Koetters. In February 2015, Mr. Koetters was criminally charged with having a sexual relationship with one of his students between 2000 and 2002 and impregnating…

As published in KTLA, KABC, and Daily Breeze, on April 8, 2015, three men were convicted and sentenced to decades in prison in the 2013 Westchester Nordstrom Rack take-over robbery case. During the takeover, Raymond Sherman, Jr., Troy Hammock and Everett Allen demanded 14 Nordstrom employees to strip down to their underwear as they robbed…

BuzzFeed recently reported that a second young woman, “Marcy”, accused her former teacher at Marlborough School of sexually abusing her while a student at the elite private school. The article states that English teacher Dr. Joseph Koetters engaged in a “full-blown sexual relationship” with Marcy when she was a junior. Mr. Koetters began grooming and…