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Attorney files lawsuit against school system, Loranger High teacher arrested in 2023 for raping teen
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BATON ROUGE - Attorney Ben Crump gave a press conference Wednesday morning to update the public on further legal action taken against a former employee, who was arrested and released on bond in 2023 for alleged sexual abuse that happened at Loranger High School.
Crump filed the lawsuit on behalf of a former student, referred to in the suit as John Doe, against the Tangipahoa Parish School System and one of its former administrators, 38-year-old Morgan Freche.
Doe’s attorneys said teachers and administrators alike failed him.
“They saw something and they didn’t say anything," attorney Aaron Karger said.
The lawsuit, filed in September, alleges gross negligence and Title IX violations and details years of abuse Doe, now 18, suffered as a student at Loranger High.
Preston Alexander, Doe’s grandfather, said the main thing the family wants is justice.
”I didn’t know,” Alexander said. “I trusted the school.”
"We understood what the problem was he had someone picking him up at my house late at night unthinkable stuff she was doing," Alexander said.
Esoterica Hill, Doe's mother said that since the situation her son has changed.
"You have a child who has so much promise who feels like they have nothing now and now we have a baby that we haven't seen and she still has that child it's like who is the victim here," Hill said.
WBRZ previously reported that Freche became pregnant and gave birth to the then-14-year-old's child as a result of the abuse, which allegedly started in 2020 while Freche was a seventh-grade PE teacher. Freche was fired from the Tangipahoa Parish School system.
Freche was arrested in October 2023 on third-degree rape, oral sexual battery, and felony carnal knowledge of juvenile charges. She was released on bond a day later. At the time, a judge ordered that she wear an ankle monitor while pending criminal proceedings.
The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office said that since the criminal case against Freche is still pending, they will not provide further comment on the lawsuit filed by Crump. WBRZ also reached out to the Tangipahoa Parish School System; they did not respond to comment.
Freche's attorney said cases like this time time to work through the system.
"I have had numerous conversations regarding potential resolution with the prosecutor. We have not reached a resolution at this point. The statement that this matter has been 'swept under the rug' is inaccurate and irresponsible," J. Garrison Jordan said.
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