The South Sanpete School District will pay $48,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a 14-year-old boy who was sexually assaulted by three members of his high school football team last year.
The boy’s mother, Misty Cox, alleged in the lawsuit that school officials knew the boys had a “pervasive and extensive history” of harassment that stretched over two years and did nothing to address it — leaving her son, Greg, vulnerable to an attack.
Court documents filed Tuesday in federal court outline a $48,000 payment to settle the suit. The law firm that represented Cox and her son will be paid $30,000, according to the document, and Greg, who is now 15, will receive $18,000 when he turns 18.