The lawsuit claims an ex-school employee engaged in sexual acts and grooming of his victim between 2003 and 2005.
COMPTON, Calif. – Compton Unified and a former employee have been named in a lawsuit filed in Superior Court Oct. 10 by a former student who alleges a now former employee committed sex acts against him when he was 14-years-old.
The complaint filed by “Anthony G.” alleges he was a victim of former employee Rodney Andrews who inflicted emotional distress by committing sexual battery against him including oral copulation and sodomy while employed by the district.
The district immediately moved to fire Andrews after deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s department arrested Andrews in mid 2021.
Andrews was convicted of a felony in relation to the allegations in late 2021 and is now registered on the national sex offender registry.
Andrews filed a request for a restraining order against his victim in May of this year alleging “harassment” but the courts denied the request.
Days later Andrews filed for another restraining order against another individual, also alleging harassment, which the courts also denied.
The complaint filed Oct. 10 alleges Andrews recruited the victim to participate in an after school computer program administered by Andrews.
Andrews volunteered to provide transportation of the victim to the program and “after several weeks began taking him to his personal home before being dropping the victim off at home”.
This is when the victim alleges he was being “groomed” by Andrews after being offered “food and drink” during the visits to his personal home.
The victim further alleges that as a minor he had no legal authority to consent to a sexual relationship with an adult and that after a “change in his mood and behavior” the district failed to protect him from Andrews.
Under Assembly Bill 218 the time limit was increased to recover damages suffered as the result of childhood sexual assault to 22 years from the date the plaintiff attains the age of majority or within 5 years of the date the plaintiff discovers the psychological injury or illness occurring.
You can read the full complaint here.
