Locker Room Broomstick Scandal Rocks HS Program

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The athletic director and junior varsity football coach at Damascus (Md.) High School have been placed on administrative leave following an alleged locker room assault on several junior varsity players last October, the school announced Tuesday.

As reported by The Baltimore Sun, superintendent Jack R. Smith said in a community letter that JV coaches arrived late to their jobs and did not ensure other adults would supervise the locker room in their absence, according to findings of an internal school system investigation. During that unmonitored time, authorities have said, four players were sexually assaulted with a broomstick in attacks that led to charges of rape, attempted rape or both against six of their teammates. The victims and suspects were 14 or 15 years old at the time of the alleged attacks.

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