New lawsuit filed over Santa Clara County science camp’s ‘Papa Bear’ predator

New lawsuit filed over Santa Clara County science camp’s ‘Papa Bear’ predator

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https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/12/16/new-lawsuit-filed-over-santa-clara-county-science-camps-papa-bear-predator/

A former student is suing a San Jose school district and county education administrators for failing to protect her from sexual abuse by a science camp employee, adding new allegations against the man already serving a lengthy prison sentence for similar crimes against other children.

The lawsuit, filed in Santa Clara County Superior Court this week, comes more than five years after abuse allegations involving Edgar Covarrubias-Padilla, a former night manager at the Walden West science camp, first surfaced. It also raises new questions about exactly how long Covarrubias-Padilla may have been preying on campers and how many former campers may have been affected.