Jury finds Coronado Unified negligent in hiring coach who admitted to sex with a student

A San Diego jury delivered a multi-million dollar verdict Monday against the Coronado Unified School District.

The parents of the female player, known as Jane Doe to protect her identity, supported her civil lawsuit, which claimed the district was negligent in hiring and not properly supervising Jordan Tyler Bucklew, an assistant girls' basketball coach at Coronado High School in January 2020.That’s when some players on the team reported to a teacher that Bucklew was involved in a sexual relationship with their teammate.

KPBS spoke with Jane Doe’s father, who did not want to be identified in any way. “This wasn’t her fault. She was groomed and manipulated. She was not protected by a system we all are supposed to trust, and that is the school," he said.“This wasn’t her fault. She was groomed and manipulated. She was not protected by a system we all are supposed to trust, and that is the school.

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