# RO: LA elementary school teacher charged with committing lewd acts with 23 boys & girls ages 7 to 10 **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 31, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-la-elementary-school-teacher-charged-with-committing-lewd-acts-with-23-boys-girls-ages-7-to-10/611331 "2012-01-31T19:36:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2014, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-la-elementary-school-teacher-charged-with-committing-lewd-acts-with-23-boys-girls-ages-7-to-10/611331/101 "2014-11-22T21:51:03Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > You’re forgetting about insurance. There’s “lewd acts” insurance? ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-la-elementary-school-teacher-charged-with-committing-lewd-acts-with-23-boys-girls-ages-7-to-10/611331/102 "2014-11-22T22:47:30Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > You’re forgetting about insurance. Not entirely. Insurance will only cover specific things, acts and occurances. I have no clue about LA’s policy so I’m not going to speculate on the coverage. But if this was outside the bounds of the policy it’s coming out of the district’s pocket. And even if insurance does kick in some or all of the settlement, there’s the very real risk that the district becomes uninsurable next year or has a massive rate increase. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2014, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-la-elementary-school-teacher-charged-with-committing-lewd-acts-with-23-boys-girls-ages-7-to-10/611331/103 "2014-11-22T23:30:29Z")
“Listen up, people: Acme Insurance is no longer covering school districts’ ‘lewd acts’ anymore.” “But that’s been a great cash cow!” “In the past, yes, but we just had to pay a huge claim, and we feel we can no longer assume the risk anymore.” “We had to pay a claim?” “Yep.” “A ‘lewd acts’ claim, seriously?” “Seriously, and I don’t want to talk about it, so just drop it, OK?” “OK, OK.” ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-la-elementary-school-teacher-charged-with-committing-lewd-acts-with-23-boys-girls-ages-7-to-10/611331/104 "2014-11-22T23:58:18Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > You’re forgetting about insurance. Every school district I’ve ever dealt with self-insures. So that settlement will be coming out of the regular budget. And it wasn’t nearly enough. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-la-elementary-school-teacher-charged-with-committing-lewd-acts-with-23-boys-girls-ages-7-to-10/611331/105 "2014-11-23T04:13:01Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > This is too much money. Cheap, compared to [this payout](http://online.wsj.com/articles/johns-hopkins-hospital-agrees-to-190-million-exam-photos-settlement-1405961572). ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-la-elementary-school-teacher-charged-with-committing-lewd-acts-with-23-boys-girls-ages-7-to-10/611331/106 "2014-11-24T17:18:06Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > For the sake of the wellbeing of the district and the kids within it, I’d have rolled the dice with the jury. I have to ask. What do you think a jury would have done? They have pictures of a man in their employ spoon-feeding semen to children, fercrissakes. A jury would have have the LAUSD bent over a barrel till next millemium. They got off cheaply and they know it. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-la-elementary-school-teacher-charged-with-committing-lewd-acts-with-23-boys-girls-ages-7-to-10/611331/107 "2014-11-24T18:17:28Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Every school district I’ve ever dealt with self-insures. So that settlement will be coming out of the regular budget. > > And it wasn’t nearly enough. Have you dealt with one that has a $13 billion budget? Dollars to doughnuts says the LA County school district is part of a reinsurance pool at least. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-la-elementary-school-teacher-charged-with-committing-lewd-acts-with-23-boys-girls-ages-7-to-10/611331/108 "2014-11-24T18:31:31Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Can we get back to the thing about the cockroaches? I mean… I’ve been around the Internet a few times. Really. But I have yet to run into the “putting cockroaches on people’s faces” fetish. > > Well, until now, I guess. If people can imagine it, and if they can write it, then people have done it to other people. And there is porn of it somewhere on the internet. This is not something to be proud of. The more I learn about people, the more I like dogs. And Spice Weasel and Sampiro. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-la-elementary-school-teacher-charged-with-committing-lewd-acts-with-23-boys-girls-ages-7-to-10/611331/109 "2014-11-24T21:21:41Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > I have to ask. What do you think a jury would have done? > > They have pictures of a man in their employ spoon-feeding semen to children, fercrissakes. A jury would have have the LAUSD bent over a barrel till next millemium. > > They got off cheaply and they know it. The real problem is that he used a food additive without approval from the FDA. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-la-elementary-school-teacher-charged-with-committing-lewd-acts-with-23-boys-girls-ages-7-to-10/611331/110 "2014-11-24T21:53:19Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > There’s “lewd acts” insurance? Yes. The teacher committed lewd acts, the school district was negligent in hiring and/or supervising him. There is often insurance for negligence employment practices. Some districts are self-insured, some are part of a “risk pool,” and some have insurance. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-la-elementary-school-teacher-charged-with-committing-lewd-acts-with-23-boys-girls-ages-7-to-10/611331/111 "2014-11-24T23:03:40Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > The real problem is that he used a food additive without approval from the FDA. Stevia? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-la-elementary-school-teacher-charged-with-committing-lewd-acts-with-23-boys-girls-ages-7-to-10/611331.md?page=5)