Megan Kelly, a former Redlands East Valley High School teacher, settled out of court in a civil suit where a former student alleges sexual abuse. The Redlands Unified School District is also named, and is included in the settlement.
By Greg Cappis, Redlands Daily Facts
Posted: 12/04/13, 7:39 PM PST | Updated: 58 secs ago
Redlands Unified School District will pay a former student $505,000 to settle a sexual abuse lawsuit filed by a 2009 Redlands East Valley High School graduate against the district and teacher Megan Kelly.
As part of the agreemen,t Kelly is required to resign on June 12, 2014, and can never reapply at RUSD.
The defendants maintain their innocence.
The suit was settled weeks ago, and the verbiage was finalized Saturday when the district attorney signed it. The plaintiff’s attorney signed it Nov. 18.
Kelly has been on paid leave since 2011, when allegations were first brought to the district’s attention. The district and law enforcement officials investigated the allegations, but the district attorney’s office did not prosecute, citing a lack of physical evidence and lapse in time between the alleged incident and the accusation, court records indicate.
The lack of criminal charges led the former student to seek an attorney, Vince Finaldi, and file a civil lawsuit. The suit alleged Kelly molested the student, who is not being named as a matter of newspaper policy. The district was named in the suit and accused of not properly protecting the student.
Finaldi said it’s a great settlement, considering the circumstances.
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“Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone!”
Hey RUSD Attorney Steve Harber, what do you know about the City of Redlands HARBORING CRIMINALS in the form of employees CM Nabar and HACSB ex-officio and former-Chair & SBPEA E-Board member Super “WalMart” Mario, concerning their CONFLICTED involvement in the N/E/C Orange St./ Lugonia Ave. (SR38) public housing project that the DA’s PIU is investigating… specifically, did u seek Board approval to transfer RUSD property from the Lugonia Elementary school site to the HACSB public housing site aka the Martinez-Saucedo Section 8 Villas??
Bad boyz & Nasty galz… WHAT U GONNA DO, WHAT U GONNA DO WHEN THEY COME FOR U?… and no former-RUSD Board Chair & current DA Lil’ Mikey, that’s COME FOR and not your usual CUM ON, so C’MON! and DO YOUR JOB or defer to AG Melissa, especially in the Whitehurst case (isn’t her father a retired RUSD Principal?), because the GOB network in Redlands just keeps dancing the CONFLICT-O-INTEREST SHUFFLE.
And yet once again, Stupid Steve speaks. Only idiot around that ties this case to a housing authority issue.
Figures u’v got a LACK OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE between your ears aka SHIT FOR BRAINS.
shes hot hot hot
This case hinges on the inability of the RUSD admin staff to know a problem when they see it. Lori likes to hide her head in the sand when the times get tough.
#6, Sounds remarkably like Sheriff McMahon at SBSD