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Victorville school district will pay $12.5 million to settle sex abuse lawsuits by 8 former students
Eight former students will receive an average of $1.5 million each after alleging abuse by a former counselor whose misconduct was reportedly ignored by district officials.
The Victor Valley Union High School District has agreed to pay $12.5 million to eight former students who alleged they were sexually abused more than 20 years ago by a former middle school guidance counselor. In five lawsuits filed in San Bernardino Superior Court in August and September 2022, the alleged victims claimed Eric Lynn Brown sexually abused and molested them in his office at Victor Valley Junior High School and off campus from 1991 t…