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Victims of Sexual Abuse from Former L.A. High School Coach to Receive $52M

Victims of a former Sun Valley high school wrestling coach convicted of molesting nine children will receive a $52-million settlement in a lawsuit that alleged the Los Angeles Unified School District knew of prior sexual misconduct and did nothing about it.

The settlement, involving 15 victims and their families, comes two years after Terry Gillard was sentenced to 71 years in state prison for dozens of sex crimes involving nine boys and girls, some of whom were preteens when he assaulted them.

He met his victims through his work with the wrestling teams at John H. Francis Polytechnic High School in Sun Valley and the Tigers Wrestling Club at the Boys & Girls Club of the San Fernando Valley, which also was sued.

Read the source article at latimes.com

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