Child Injury Lawyer Blog
By Scott A. Marks, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney
Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network
In Banning, California, middle school boys have been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault. The teenage boys are accused of a gang-rape style attack on a fellow female classmate. All the parties involved attend a middle school in Banning, California, a suburban town about an hour-and-half east of Los Angeles. According to Banning police, the female student of Nicolet Middle School was walking home through Roosevelt Williams Part around 5:30 p.m. when she was approached by the three boys. After being approached, police say the boys began to “sexually fondle” the girl, grabbed her arms, and forced her onto a playground set. A police press report stated the victim alleged the teenage boys continued to fondle her and one teen boy raped her while the other two held her down. The victim’s cousin, 13, said that attack happened near the bathroom and left the victim with bruises on her neck and scratches on her face. The park is approximately one mile from the middle school. The victim reported the incident to police at her school the day after the attack, she was able to identify her attackers. Police reported when they interviewed the male students they all admitted to the incident. For more details please read 3 male middle school students accused of gang-rape attack on fellow classmate.