A high school principal must face claims that she intentionally inflicted severe emotional distress on a student after she reported that she’d been sexually assaulted, a Washington federal appeals court held.
A three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit revived the claim on Tuesday against then-Roosevelt High School Principal Aqueelha James over her handling of a freshman’s allegations she was assaulted in a bathroom by another student in 2017.
James said the allegation by the student, referred to as Jane Doe in court filings, was “bullshit” before investigating it, commented on the dress the student ...