The volleyball coach at the Fieldstone School of Ethical Culture is said to have cared for and repeatedly raped one of his players. And, according to a shocking new lawsuit, she said he was “the villain” for many years during his years of abuse.
The abuse allegedly occurred on the campus of an elite Bronx private school, after volleyball practice, at the girl's house, at the campus of an elite Bronx private school.
Currently, the 36 victims have been identified as filing only as Jane Doe in the Bronx Supreme Court, and have been diagnosed with decades of depression following two years of abuse by former girl Colin Henry. He said he is suffering from anxiety and post-traumatic stress syndrome.
A Westchester resident, a former high-performance student, was forced to broadcast medical schools due to the fallout. She was raised Thursday against Fieldston, Henry and former JV coach Linford Foreman.
Henry, 55, a former Jamaican national volleyball team player in the 1990s, was praised for building a championship-winning program, but he said, “regularly crossing boundaries and sexually inappropriate comments.” Or acted frivolously with the players,” the victim said in court documents.
The coach is said to have sent a sexual message from the girl since 2004. [eroding] According to the lawsuit, the boundary between a coach and a student with his sexual “jokes” and personal stories.
After she turned 17 in the spring of 2005, the married father was said to have told her that he was “aged enough” for sexual relationships, and according to the lawsuit, he was in the process of that. He said he won't go to jail for it but could lose his job.
Abusive when Henry kissed her after practice after grooming the victim to “promote emotional dependence, promote submission, and establish his expectations for sexual contact.” became physical in the fall – and made her the captain of the team, she made her. I said it in a legal submission.
He groped and kissed during the show of psychological thriller “The Ciste,” about his father who abused his teenage daughter and forced her to have oral sex while out in another movie. It is said that he did it.
When she turned 18, Henry reportedly began raping the girl, refused to use a condom, and told her to “get over the pain.”
As part of the alleged operation, Henry features the girl in a book he wrote about coaching, threatening to put her shot in college if “relationship” is discovered.
In late April 2006, during history class, she received a text message from Henry saying that his wife was pregnant and he couldn't see her, but according to the lawsuit, the abuse was a college freshman. It lasted until 2019.
She claimed that school staff knew about the abuse and rumoured and joked about it.
“Because of my mental health, I had a hard time maintaining my full-time job… and I'm currently working as an associate in a warehouse,” she said. “But I still want to pursue a fulfilling career.”
In July, she filed a complaint with the school detailing the abuse, addressing it to the heads of then-Joe Algrant and Upper School principal Stacey Bobo.
“I reported Henry and Foreman's abuse to Fieldston, regaining the power and control that was stolen from me as a teenager, and altering the trajectory of my life, saying.
A $65,540 Riverdale School, which boasts alumni such as Barbara Walters, Sofia Coppola and Sean Ono Lennon, hired an outside law firm to investigate and fire Henry, according to a spokesperson.
In August, he emailed the school community about “staffing updates” related to Henry's “misconduct” and layoffs, but did not mention sexual abuse.
“The safety and welfare of our students are our number one priority, and the ECF acted promptly and appropriately to address this issue as soon as concerns were raised,” the spokesman said. I did.
The school had not received any other complaints about Henry before, she added.
Henry declined to comment on the allegations, and Foreman did not respond to messages from the post.
