The former president of the Claremont school board and two other men have been charged in connection with a holiday party that drew an uproar from parents who said their high school children were offered alcohol and exposed to improper behavior by a “dirty Santa.”
The annual “tree trimming” party took place Dec. 3, police said, at the Claremont home of Steven Llanusa, 62, who was the president of the Claremont Unified Board of Education at the time. He resigned a week later after parents publicly accused him of exposing their children, members of the Claremont High School choir program, to alcohol and inappropriate behavior when they performed at his home.
The investigation led police to arrest Blake Taylor White, 34, of Temecula on Dec. 28 on suspicion of lewd or lascivious acts with a minor, the Claremont Police Department said in a statement Thursday. He was released on $25,000 bond.
