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Los Angeles Times
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Laura J. Nelson and Hannah Fry

They were groomed and groped, but Southern California school ‘turned a blind eye’ for decades, suit alleges

LOS ANGELES — The complaints about the drama teacher’s husband and his behavior with female students at Mission Viejo High School spanned more than two decades.

In early 2001, a woman told school officials that Jim Harris had sexually assaulted her when she was a student. Her father had already complained about Harris five years earlier.

Another former student reported that Harris groped her, massaged her back beneath her shirt and kept photos of her and the other former student in swimsuits.

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