BAKERSFIELD, CA -- A local attorney is filing a lawsuit against two Fruitvale Junior High students for allegedly bullying and sexually assaulting his client's daughter on a school bus.
The sheriff's department says a 13-year-old girl from Fruitvale Junior High School was involved in some sort of altercation with two or three boys on the bus on October 22.
The girl's mother announced last Monday that she is suing the school district, saying four boys pulled her daughter's clothes, yanked out clumps of the girl's hair, grabbed at her chest and forced her head into a boy's lap.
But out of fear that surveillance video which may show the attack could get lost, altered or destroyed before they can go forward with the suit against the school district, the woman's attorney Daniel Rodriguez plans on filing a lawsuit Tuesday against two boys involved. "In order to get our hands on this video is with a subpoena, and the only way to get a subpoena is with a lawsuit. The government claim we filed against the school district doesn't allow us to file a lawsuit for 45 days, that's a month and a half down the road. We are concerned that's too long to wait."
Rodriguez says by filing the suit against the two boys, they can subpoena the video from the district in ten days.
The school district says immediate and permanent action was taken against the offending students and appropriate action was taken with the bus driver.
The sheriff's department says a 13-year-old girl from Fruitvale Junior High School was involved in some sort of altercation with two or three boys on the bus on October 22.
The girl's mother announced last Monday that she is suing the school district, saying four boys pulled her daughter's clothes, yanked out clumps of the girl's hair, grabbed at her chest and forced her head into a boy's lap.
But out of fear that surveillance video which may show the attack could get lost, altered or destroyed before they can go forward with the suit against the school district, the woman's attorney Daniel Rodriguez plans on filing a lawsuit Tuesday against two boys involved. "In order to get our hands on this video is with a subpoena, and the only way to get a subpoena is with a lawsuit. The government claim we filed against the school district doesn't allow us to file a lawsuit for 45 days, that's a month and a half down the road. We are concerned that's too long to wait."
Rodriguez says by filing the suit against the two boys, they can subpoena the video from the district in ten days.
The school district says immediate and permanent action was taken against the offending students and appropriate action was taken with the bus driver.