Lawsuits: SoCal district, administrators ignored sex abuse

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Twenty Los Angeles-area boys who say a Torrance High School wrestling coach sexually abused them are suing the school district and administrators, claiming they failed to protect the teens and ignored past allegations, attorneys announced Thursday.

After administrators ignored the abuse report filed between 2007 and 2010, Snider "continued his rampant sexual abuse of minor students, robbing them of their trust, peace of mind, innocence and childhood," according to one of the lawsuits.

The duration and extent of the abuse alleged could not have occurred unless administrators turned a blind eye, the lawsuit says.