A lawsuit filed this week in opposition to a former Connecticut instructor alleges sexual abuse occurred after his switch from one other faculty the place comparable accusations have been made.
Robert Martinez, together with the Stamford Board of Training and the town of Stamford, are defendants within the lawsuit introduced by a 30-year-old man who claims he was sexually abused by Martinez when he was a pupil at Toquam Elementary College. The plaintiff claims he sustained each bodily and emotional accidents.
Martinez was concerned in three other lawsuits relating to comparable claims of abuse within the final a number of years. Former Rogers Elementary College college students obtained a settlement of $3.25 million in 2018. One other settlement was reached final yr in a separate lawsuit alleging assault from Martinez.
A 3rd lawsuit, which was filed in April, additionally alleges sexual assault when Martinez was a instructor at Toquam. In line with the 2018 settlement, Martinez’s abuse dates again to the 1970’s. The April lawsuit at present awaits jury trial.
“For over 1 / 4 of a century, Robert Martinez sexually abused youngsters within the public colleges of Stamford together with the Toquam College,” said Douglas Mahoney, legal professional for the newest plaintiff. “It’s obscure the way it might have gone unnoticed for thus lengthy by the directors and employees.”
The go well with alleges Martinez stored the plaintiff after class and assaulted him from 2000 to 2004. It additionally claims Martinez was permitted to show at Toquam regardless of studies of his habits at Rogers.
It’s not unusual for sexual predators to move from one school to a different and proceed patterns of abuse.
Thus far, Martinez has not been charged with a criminal offense relating to the abuse allegations.
