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A sufferer of a intercourse trafficking ring allegedly organized by a former Klein ISD instructor filed a Title IX lawsuit in opposition to the Houston-area district and a former instructor accused within the scheme.
Kedria Grigsby, 42, a former cosmetology instructor at Klein Cain Excessive Faculty, was arrested final yr and charged with three counts of compelling prostitution of a minor and three counts of trafficking a baby. Grigsby is accused of helping along with her son’s efforts in recruiting teen runaways from the varsity district for prostitution.
The lawsuit, filed anonymously by a Jane Doe, accuses Grigsby of focusing on weak college students, runaways and highschool dropouts for prostitution by providing them resort rooms. A 15-year-old, 16-year-old and 17-year-old have been Grigsby’s alleged victims, in response to courtroom paperwork.
Grigsby’s son, Roger Magee, allegedly acted as a pimp by facilitating Doe’s engagement in business intercourse acts. Attorneys for the nameless pupil in a information convention Friday alleged that Doe was pressured to sleep with 5 to 10 males per evening, and made $1,000 a day for Grigsby.
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“As a father, I’ve by no means been extra disturbed by the indifference proven by directors right here on the faculty,” mentioned Bakari Sellers, an lawyer representing the sufferer.
Grigsby allegedly offered alcohol and prescribed drugs to Doe and set each day quotas dictating how a lot cash she ought to earn. Lawsuit paperwork accuse Grigsby of coordinating prostitution preparations for Doe and different victims.
“If [Doe] questioned something, complained about something, disobeyed Grigsby and [Magee] … [Doe] can be subjected to violent acts of bodily abuse, together with quite a few events the place she was pistol-whipped, kicked, punched and severely overwhelmed by [Magee],” the lawsuit alleges. “The bodily punishments left [Doe] bloodied, bruised and in worry for her life.”
Attorneys on Friday mentioned {that a} instructor initially reported that Doe had obvious bruises on her arm throughout faculty in the future in 2021 to directors, assistant principals and principals. The lawsuit asserts that day was the final time Doe bodily attended faculty. Grigsby remained in her place with the varsity district for a yr after the preliminary report.
“Her reward for going by that trauma was that she was withdrawn from faculty and she or he continued to work till she was dropped off again at dwelling,” Sellers mentioned.
In line with Klein ISD, all reviews to the district police division are totally investigated and addressed, and incoming staff should move felony background checks earlier than being employed. The district works with the Texas Division of Public Security on alerts any time a district worker is arrested or charged with against the law.
All staff obtain common coaching on security protocols and reporting obligations to assist safeguard in opposition to felony conduct, a district spokesperson mentioned.
In a press release to Houston Public Media on Monday, Justin Elbert, a spokesperson for Klein ISD, mentioned that Grigsby was instantly arrested in her classroom and fired after Harris County Sheriff’s Workplace alerted the varsity district of the felony allegations on April 8, 2024.
After being made conscious of the lawsuit, Klein ISD Police on Friday contacted the sheriff’s workplace to verify whether or not any Klein ISD staff are below investigation concerning the case, Elbert mentioned.
“HCSO confirmed they don’t seem to be engaged on any lively leads on this case,” Elbert mentioned. “HCSO additional suggested that if any new data surfaces, they may look into it, however at current, they’re contemplating the case closed.”
Attorneys who filed the lawsuit additionally known as on the sheriff’s workplace to launch the names of people that paid the victims for intercourse acts.
The lawsuit seeks compensatory damages in opposition to the varsity district, Grigsby and Magee, and requests that the district implement insurance policies, procedures and coaching applications designed to forestall the sexual exploitation and trafficking of scholars.
