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Six former Colton High School football players in San Bernardino
County are suing the Colton Joint Unified School District and
its former athletic trainer, alleging that she sexually abused
them more than a decade ago.

The men, referred to as John Does in the lawsuit filed Friday,
allege that during the 2000s, when they were varsity football
players, they were sexually abused by the school's athletic
trainer, Tiffany Gordon. She is the daughter of the school's
former head football coach and athletic director, Harold
Strauss, who died in 2019. Gordon began working for the district
around 2001 and most recently was the athletic director at Grand
Terrace High School.

They also allege that other members of the football team, the
players' parents and the staff knew about Gordon's alleged
misconduct between 2002 and 2006 and that the school district
failed to report and investigate the alleged abuse.

"Despite rampant rumors surrounding Gordon�s misconduct, CJUSD
knowingly, intentionally, willfully, deliberately, negligently,
and/or recklessly allowed Gordon to continue abusing Colton High
School�s varsity football players, including plaintiffs,"
according to the lawsuit. "In doing so, defendants fostered a
pervasive and hostile environment that utterly disregarded the
rights and safety of minor athletes who were entrusted to CJUSD."

The district confirmed in a statement that Gordon has been
placed on administrative leave and the district has made itself
"completely available to the Colton Police Department."

Gordon didn't respond to multiple requests for comment Monday.

"Although the current administrative team members were not in
leadership roles with the district 20 years ago, the district
leadership team is extremely concerned about the allegations
being made," according to a district statement. "Our commitment
is always to the safety and well-being of our students, families
and staff, and we will work with local law enforcement to
protect our community and lend our support to any victims in
this case."

John Doe 7042, who began attending Colton in 2001 and joined the
varsity football team that year, said he was sexually assaulted
by Gordon when he sought treatment for injuries he suffered
playing football. The abuse escalated weeks later, when he was
allegedly raped by Gordon in the school's locker room while his
teammates were at practice. The man claimed the abuse continued
throughout the rest of his time at the school, detailing in the
lawsuit places on campus where Gordon allegedly raped him,
including bathrooms, the school's weight room, and a trailer.

Another accuser, John Doe 7047, joined the football team as a
sophomore in the fall of 2000 and alleges in the lawsuit that he
was also sexually abused by Gordon. When he was 16, he said,
Gordon allegedly raped him for the first time and continued to
do so through the rest of his high school career.

According to the lawsuit, John Doe 7043 transferred to the high
school during his senior year in the fall of 2003, when he was
17. During the football season that year, Gordon allegedly made
advances on the then-student, including inviting him on a date
to a drive-in theater, where she sexually abused him in the back
seat of the car. During a dinner at Strauss' house, John Doe
7043 said he witnessed Gordon leave the room with John Doe 7047,
who later told him that Gordon had sexually abused him.

Another former student, identified in the lawsuit as John Doe
7044, said he had heard rumors his freshman year that Gordon was
allegedly abusing students, according to the lawsuit. During his
senior year, he allegedly confronted Gordon in a text about the
rumors; in return, Gordon allegedly told him to send her
pictures of his penis and sent him nude photographs of herself.
She allegedly sexually assaulted him the next day in the locker
room and the abuse continued throughout his senior year until he
cut off contract with her.

�They really could�ve stopped it at any time,� he said an
interview with The Times. �Everybody knew from when I stepped
foot on Colton High that it was a rumor, so at the very least,
they could�ve seen what this rumor was about. At no point did
they ever step in to stop it.�

John Doe 7044 said he believes Gordon targeted him and the other
alleged victims because they were particularly vulnerable, often
needing rides home from school or money to buy food.

"I think the fact that we were a bunch of poor kids, nobody had
the thought to protect us outside the football field," he said.

John Doe 7046 also alleges that he was sexually abused by Gordon
while he was on the team. On Halloween in 2007, he alleged that
Gordon was sexually abusing him in the locker room when Strauss
interrupted them and asked why the lights were off. Gordon
allegedly said that they were "just closing up and leaving." The
alleged abuse continued throughout John Doe 7046's senior year.

He said the alleged abuse affected his relationships later on in
life, especially when his own child reached high school.

�Every year, I was thinking there was more kids getting put in
danger and more kids probably ending up like me and being
touched and messed up,� he said. �I knew it was wrong then, but
I was so young and as I got older, you see things as they really
are.�

One of the men, John Doe 7045, also said that he disclosed to a
coach that he and another student were thinking about telling
the district about Gordon's alleged misconduct. The coach's wife
then allegedly told him that Gordon would "likely blame the
students for her misconduct" and school administrators wouldn't
believe him because of Gordon's authority and status. The men
didn't end up reporting the misconduct to the school, he said.

The lawsuit, filed in San Bernardino County Superior Court, was
brought under Assembly Bill 218, which went into effect Jan. 1,
2020, and gave alleged victims of childhood sexual abuse more
time to report allegations by extending the statute of
limitations for civil claims. The statute of limitations for a
criminal charge of statutory rape in California is one year for
a misdemeanor offense and three years for a felony.

�In passing AB 218, California lawmakers recognized that it
often takes years, or even decades, for survivors of childhood
sexual abuse to come forward,� said Brian Williams, an attorney
for Greenberg Gross LLP, representing the alleged victims. �This
important law gives survivors of sexual abuse an opportunity to
be heard and a chance to heal.�

The men said that they believed that the alleged abuse was
"normal, and even lauded" because of the coaches' minimization
of the assaults. They said that it "significantly affected and
shaped the students' perceptions of intimacy, relationships and
responsibilities at a young and impressionable age."

Ultimately, the men said they feel the school's coaches and
other administrators failed to protect them and that a system
should be put in place to help students report alleged
misconduct.

�I felt like we couldn�t say anything. That our words wouldn�t
have mattered,� John Doe 7046 said in an interview. �When I got
older, I didn�t want my kid or anyone else�s kid to feel like
how we felt � like we didn�t have a voice.�

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