Using a state law that went into effect this year, a Redding man has filed a lawsuit some 20 years after he was allegedly sexually abused by a teacher’s aide at a Redding continuation high school.

The man, now 37-years-old, claims in his lawsuit that he was sexually abused numerous times in 2000-01 by a teacher’s aide while he was a student at Pioneer High School.

The man is one of hundreds of people statewide who are taking advantage of a change in California law that allows victims of sexual assault or abuse to file court claims against their perpetrators up to 22 years after the incident.

Louanne Masry, the Los Angeles attorney who filed the case, said a large number of people have contacted her office since the law went into effect Jan. 1 of this year.

Read about the case filed with the Taylor Ring Law Firm on 1/29/19 against the Kern High School District on behalf of a former student who was sexually abused by his assistant principal.

A former Highland High School student is suing the Kern High School District and former Assistant Principal Mark Weir, claiming Weir sexually abused him. Attorneys Paul Mones, Dave Ring and Natalie Weatherford, with the Manhattan Beach law firm Taylor & Ring, filed the lawsuit in Kern County Superior Court on Monday. According to the lawsuit, the victim was a homeless student who entered Highland High in 2009 as part of a school-sponsored homeless assistance program.