The girl, who first reported the sexual harassment in November, said she was ignored by school officials.
An attorney representing a 16-year-old Rialto high school student who claims her allegations of sexual assault by another student were ignored by school officials filed a legal claim this week against the district’s handling of the incident.
“When detectives investigated the allegations they learned there were two additional female students, ages 15 and 16, who were sexually assaulted by the same suspect,” the Police Department said in a statement. “Although one of the victims first reported the assaults to school officials in September 2021, no notification was made to the Rialto Police Department until Feb. 16.
Harris allegedly tried to brush away the claims, by saying to the girl “they are just boys” and repeatedly asked the girl if she “said ‘no’ loud enough for him to hear her,” according to the claim. Later, Harris told the girl this all might be happening because of the way she dressed, the girl told authorities and her attorney.
The vice principal then told her to speak with her daughter at home, Olvera said, adding that she knew something was wrong because her daughter did not want to communicate or go out with family.