24-day trial set for Damascus High rape case

Victims’ families allege school district was negligent in preventing attacks

A 24-day jury trial has been set for a case alleging the Montgomery County school system was negligent in not preventing rapes in 2018 in a football team locker room at Damascus High School.

The trial is scheduled to begin on July 26, 2021, and will determine whether officials at Damascus High willfully ignored previous allegations of sexual assault in team locker rooms. It will also address allegations that, if MCPS had addressed previous assaults, it could have reasonably prevented the assault in the junior varsity football locker room on Oct. 31, 2018...

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/24-day-trial-set-for-damascus-high-rape-case/