HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Both sides have reached a settlement in an Alabama lawsuit involving a teenager who says she was raped after a school worker tried to use her as bait to catch an alleged sexual predator, court records show.
The agreement means claims against Madison County school officials will be dismissed in exchange for money, Eric Artrip, an attorney for the girl’s guardian, said in a statement to Al.com. The amount isn’t being released due to a confidentiality agreement, he said.
The federal case, which stemmed from a 2010 attack inside a bathroom at Sparkman Middle School near Huntsville, has now been dismissed, according to a March 7 order by U.S. Magistrate Judge T. Michael Putnam.
A teacher’s aide had asked the then-14-year-old girl to go into a bathroom at Sparkman Middle so a 16-year-old eighth-grader with a history of sexual harassment could be caught trying to have sex with her and disciplined, the girl’s lawyers have said.