As a Memphis, Tennessee attorney that has sued both the Memphis City School System and the Shelby County School System on behalf of students alleged to have been sexually coerced by adult male teachers, I wanted to bring this news to you.
A mother nearly beat a man to death with a baseball bat. She says she did it because the man sexually assaulted her sons, both under ten years old. “I asked my son, did he touch you bad, did he touch you down there and my little boy said yes and I said was it just you and he said no, he touched some more kids,” Lakeshia Richmond told ABC24 News. You can read more of the story HERE.
Richmond is referring to Coach Red. He is one of the coaches of Richmond’s 8 and 9 year old sons’ football team. They practice at Magnolia Elementary school in South Memphis. She says it’s normal for her kids and their teammates to spend the night at one of the coach’s house but she became concerned when the head coach called her Saturday for a meeting with Coach Red. It’s only then that she said her children told her what happened.
If you or a loved one has been sexually assaulted by a teacher in the Memphis school system or the Shelby County school system, including by a coach, band instructor or teacher, please contact attorney Ed Wallis at 901-527-2125 or fill out this form for a free initial case evaluation and consultation: