A father has filed a federal lawsuit against Shawnee Mission schools alleging the district failed to report sexual assault accusations against a middle school boy who later assaulted his eighth-grade daughter in class. According to court documents, the lawsuit claims the boy “forcibly put his hands down [her] pants and penetrated her” in a study hall classroom at Westridge …
A woman who was allegedly sexually assaulted by a city employee lost an $80,000 settlement because of a paperwork glitch. Didi—a nickname to protect the privacy of a sexual assault victim—is one of dozens, maybe hundreds, of public housing residents who were harassed or sexually assaulted by city maintenance employees in a sex-for-repairs scandal this year. But while more than 100 women were …
In a written response to the lawsuit filed by 47-year-old Tyrone Morrow Sr., lawyers representing the city denied many of Morrow’s claims, and said that “the stop and investigation of the Plaintiff were lawful and supported by probable cause and reasonable suspicion.” The lawsuit also claims that the city, and officers involved in the incident, “are entitled to the defense of qualified immunity …