MACON, Ga. — Jesse Mitchell says his client is struggling to heal after she was sexually assaulted in 2023 by a paraprofessional, Cedric Goolsby.

The student, who has mental and physical disabilities, was assaulted when she was 13 years old at Howard Middle School . The family claims she was assaulted multiple times during school hours, claiming one incident occurred in a private study room in the school's media center.

"In situations like this, you have a child who wonders, 'Why did this happen to me?'" Mitchell said. "How could this happen to me? And every single day, she has to live with that."

The family of that student filed a lawsuit against the school district in August, claiming that they ignored multiple red flags and failed to protect their child.

Mitchell says the case is

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