{"id":1706496,"date":"2022-10-22T05:18:53","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T09:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1706496"},"modified":"2022-10-22T05:18:59","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T09:18:59","slug":"a-student-was-sodomized-with-a-pole-at-his-public-high-school-this-california-congressional-hopeful-rejected-his-damages-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-student-was-sodomized-with-a-pole-at-his-public-high-school-this-california-congressional-hopeful-rejected-his-damages-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"A Student Was Sodomized With a Pole at His Public High School. This California Congressional Hopeful Rejected His Damages Claim."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fa-student-was-sodomized-with-a-pole-at-his-public-high-school-this-california-congressional-hopeful-rejected-his-damages-claim%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1706496&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Democrat Jay Chen &#8216;should have&#8217; known of horrific hazing ritual as school board member, lawsuit states<\/p>\n<p>    Democratic candidate Jay Chen (Screenshot Twitter)   <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/collin-anderson\/\" title=\"Posts by Collin Anderson\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Collin Anderson<\/a> \u2022 October 22, 2022 5:00 am  <\/p>\n<p>As a school board member in Southern California, Democratic congressional hopeful Jay Chen voted to reject a damages claim from a high school student who was sodomized with a pole as part of a horrific hazing ritual.<\/p>\n<p>Chen\u2014who is now running for Congress in California&#8217;s 45th Congressional District\u2014sat on the Hacienda La Puente school board during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/la-xpm-2012-nov-23-la-me-1116-holland-lapuente-20121116-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">high-profile hazing incident<\/a> in 2011, which saw older members of a boys&#8217; high school soccer team in the district sexually assault and sodomize their younger teammates with a sharp, javelin-like pole. In October 2012, one victim filed a claim for at least $25,000 against the district, alleging that Chen and other top officials failed to protect him. Chen led a motion to reject the claim in November 2012, <a href=\"https:\/\/go.boarddocs.com\/ca\/hlpusd\/Board.nsf\/files\/92X2ZX04AC28\/$file\/Nov%2015%2C%202012%20UNADOPTED%20MIN%20OF%20REG%20MTG.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">board meeting minutes<\/a> show.<\/p>\n<p>The victim later detailed the brutal attack in a <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Hernandez-Complaint.pdf\">lawsuit<\/a> against Chen&#8217;s district, which cited the initial damages claim. &#8220;Plaintiff and other varsity soccer players were victimized after being lured to the backroom \u2026 where athletic equipment was stored,&#8221; the suit stated. &#8220;Before the assault, the victim is asked whether he wants it \u2018the easy way&#8217; or \u2018the hard way.&#8217; The easy way meant that the victim would bend down and accept the sexual assault without resistance\u2014while the hard way meant, upon resistance by the victim, he will be physically attacked by those present and forcefully have a foreign object inserted into his anus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chen was explicitly mentioned in the lawsuit, which alleged that Chen knew or should have known of the &#8220;sexually abusive actions&#8221; and that the district &#8220;failed to protect&#8221; the victims. Chen&#8217;s district settled the suit just days before its scheduled trial date in March 2016. The attacks also led to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sgvtribune.com\/2013\/05\/23\/teens-convicted-in-la-puente-high-school-sexual-hazing-case\/#:~:text=A%2016%2Dyear%2Dold%20boy,spokeswoman%20Shiara%20Davila%2DMorales%20said\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">felony assault convictions <\/a>against three juveniles.<\/p>\n<p> Chen campaign spokeswoman Lindsay Barnes pointed to a 2012 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sgvtribune.com\/2012\/09\/26\/hazing-allegations-at-la-puente-high-necessitate-review-of-policies-culture-board-members-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.sgvtribune.com\/2012\/09\/26\/hazing-allegations-at-la-puente-high-necessitate-review-of-policies-culture-board-members-say\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1666472979394000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2fhyVK8ls_mx4RKb9AlrQ0\">interview<\/a> in which Chen said the district would &#8220;make sure&#8221; those involved in the attacks were &#8220;prosecuted to the full extent of the law.&#8221; Barnes also told the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> Chen &#8220;is grateful that the perpetrators were convicted, a settlement was reached with the victims, and justice was served.&#8221; Barnes ignored questions regarding Chen&#8217;s vote to reject the victim&#8217;s claim and the lawsuit&#8217;s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a school board member in southern California, Democratic congressional hopeful Jay Chen voted to reject a damages claim from a high school student who was sodomized with a pole as part of a horrific hazing ritual.<br \/>\nThe post A Student Was Sodomized With a Pole at His Public High School. This California Congressional Hopeful Rejected His Damages Claim. appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":1706499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1706496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1706496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1706496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1706496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1706499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1706496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1706496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1706496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}