SPOKANE, Wash. — The Mead School District civil trial continued on Wednesday with a forensic psychologist who testified for more than four hours.
The School District is facing a lawsuit for a hazing incident at a 2023 football camp. The jury will determine how much money the district owes the two victims and their families.
Dr. Megan Carter spoke about the psychological impact the hazing incident, and the actions of the School District, had on the victims.
Dr. Carter said both of the victims reported a high level of trauma, diagnosing both victims with post-traumatic stress disorder along with depression and anxiety symptoms.
She said if the boys got the support they needed back in July when the school learned about the assaults, they would have been less likely to develop PTSD. The victims continued to go to school and said they were continually harassed by their peers.
During the cross-examination, the defense asked Dr. Carter about her interviews with the victims and their descriptions of the incident at the football camp. She said both victims recalled being held down by teammates and having a massage gun applied to their genital area.
The defense attorneys argued that her version was different than other accounts of what happened. They also questioned her medical findings, saying it was different from those of the victims’ other doctors.
The trial is expected to continue through the end of the week.
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