Three former boys team players file a lawsuit against Harris and El Segundo Unified, claiming the ex-coach groomed, harassed and molested them between 2002-10
Former El Segundo High School water polo coach and teacher George Harris Jr. sexually harassed and molested minor-aged male high school players between 2002 and 2010, three former El Segundo players allege in a lawsuit.
A former player who attended El Segundo High between 2005-09 alleges in the lawsuit that a parent of another student complained to the school’s principal about Harris’ continued sexual harassment and grooming, but that the school district took no action “to monitor, supervise or otherwise investigate Harris and prevent the kind of harassment and abuse was subjected to as a result of his being under the control of” Harris.
Harris retired unexpectedly shortly before the start of the 2009-2010 school year. At the time, Harris and the school cited health concerns for his stepping away. Harris, a 23-year employee of the El Segundo Unified School District, joined the El Segundo High water polo coaching staff in 1991. He took over as head coach in 1997 and led El Segundo to the playoffs in 10 of his 11 seasons, reaching the CIF finals three times.
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