University Place School District to pay $4.25M to students in sexual abuse cases

The University Place School District has agreed to pay $4.25 million to six student-athletes who were allegedly sexually abused by a former volunteer wrestling coach at Curtis Jr. High and High School.

There are also three other civil litigations for other victims set for trial in 2023.

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Attorneys representing the victims say this can help with the healing process.

“It means that they can feel validated and feel closure. And most importantly for the men who settled here recently, the(y) mostly feel some sense of accountability,” Vincent Nappo with Pfau Cochran Vertetis said.

Both Nappo and Ashton Dennis of

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