The district paid out $2M to settle allegations that the board president sexually assaulted a former student. He said he had a relationship with her after she turned 18.
is resisting calls to resign after a $2 million settlement over sexual abuse allegations against him.
The jury’s decision on the civil suit against Muhammad was split, with jurors finding he did not sexually assault the accuser while she was a student, but answering ‘yes’ to questions of whether the district’s and Muhammad’s behavior caused the woman lasting emotional distress. The district paid the woman a $2 million settlement as a result of the split ruling.
Jeffrey Fritz, the attorney for the woman who levied the allegations, also addressed the board calling for Muhammad’s immediate resignation. Wasim Muhammad stood about 10 feet behind his attorney, Troy Archie as he fielded questions from reporters after the board meeting abruptly adjourned.State-appointed superintendent, Katrina McCombs — an alumnus of the Camden public school district herself and someone who openly shared her experience as the victim of sexual abuse as a child at a previous board meeting after Muhammad took a leave from the board — did not respond to the public outcry Tuesday.
As she spoke, shouts and whistles grew louder and louder before Muhammad and the board tried to stop her from speaking in order to settle the crowd. Once the meeting was adjourned, Muhammad could be seen in a hallway adjacent to the auditorium where the public and reporters were restricted from entering. About 30 minutes later, his attorney Troy Archie addressed members of the press while Muhammad stood behind him.
The jury awarded the woman $1.6 million in damages as a result of the trauma they agreed Muhammad caused and the district was negligent in preventing, but did not agree that the evidence proved Muhammad had sex with the woman when she was a student.
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