High School Settles Coach-Athlete Abuse Case for $3.5M

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The Sonora (Calif.) Union High School District will pay $3.5 million as part of a settlement agreement with a former female student-athlete who sued the district over sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of former varsity basketball coach Amy Emerald.

District superintendent Ed Pelfrey and attorneys for the plaintiff confirmed to The Union Democrat of Sonora on Friday that the district agreed to settle the civil case Thursday mere days into a jury trial in Tuolumne County Superior Court.

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