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Teen sues Gunnison school officials, saying they showed ‘deliberate indifference’ and left him vulnerable to sexual assault by three football players

A 14-year-old boy who says he was sexually assaulted by three members of his high school football team last month in rural Gunnison has filed a federal lawsuit alleging school officials knew the players had a “pervasive and extensive history” of harassment stretching over the past two years and did nothing to address it — leaving him vulnerable to the attack.

The discrimination lawsuit comes after prosecutors filed charges of rape and forcible sexual abuse against the 16-year-old classmate alleged to have led the assault against the boy and two students who reportedly helped hold him down.