BG SCHOOLS LAWSUIT

IN NORTHWEST OHIO, A CIVIL SUIT AGAINST BOWLING GREEN CITY SCHOOLS AND TIED TO A FORMER VOLUNTEER COACH NOW SERVING DECADES IN PRISON FOR CHILD SEX CRIMES IS MOVING FORWARD. 
A JUDGE SENTENCED ZACHARY GIBSON LAST YEAR TO MORE THAN 60 YEARS BEHIND BARS FOR SEXUALLY ABUSING MINORS. AUTHORITIES SAY HE COMMITTED THOSE CRIMES WHILE HE WORKED WITH HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES ACROSS WOOD COUNTY. THE CIVIL LAWSUIT ACCUSES THE BOWLING GREEN SCHOOL DISTRICT OF NEGLIGENCE, NOTING THE TOLEDO DIOCESE REJECTED HIM AFTER A BACKGROUND CHECK. THE TEENAGE STUDENT WHO WAS ABUSED IS NOW LISTED IN COURT RECORDS AS JOHN DOE AND SAYS THE DISTRICT IGNORED WARNINGS AND ALLOWED GIBSON ACCESS TO TEENS AT BOWLING GREEN HIGH SCHOOL.