INVESTIGATION. >> JENNA HANCHARD HAS THE
INTERVIEWS YOU WILL SEE ONLY
HERE ON KING 5.
>> IT'S BEEN OVER A DECADE BUT
I FEEL IT LIKE IT HAPPENED
YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY. >> Reporter: MEGHAN HUGHES OF
ORTING, WASHINGTON IS COMING
FORWARD IN A WAY SHE HAS NOT
DONE BEFORE.
DONE BEFORE. >> I WAS A TEENAGE GIRL.
THE PERSON ABUSING ME WAS IN A
POSITION OF POWER.
>> Reporter: WHEN SHE WAS 14
YEARS OLD, SHE WAS ABUSED BY
AN ORTING SCHOOLTEACHER.
>> THE SUMMER AFTER IS WHEN HE
STARTED GETTING INVOLVED WITH
THE CHURCH.
THE CHURCH. I STARTED BABYSITTING AND
SPENDING MORE TIME WITH HIM
OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL.
THAT'S WHEN THE TICKLING
STARTED.
STARTED.
STARTED. WRESTLING AFTER BABYSITTING AT
HIS HOUSE.
HIS HOUSE. FALLING ON ME.
PUTTING HIS BODY UP AGAINST
ME.
ME.
ME. LITTLE THINGS AT FIRST THAT IN
YOUR MIND YOU DON'T THINK ARE
SERIOUS ENOUGH TO SAY ANYTHING
ABOUT.
ABOUT.
ABOUT. YOU KNOW YOU FEEL
UNCOMFORTABLE BUT DON'T KNOW
IF IT IS SOMETHING YOU SHOULD
SHARE WITH YOUR PARENTS.
>> Reporter: WHEN SHE GOT TO
HIGH SCHOOL, THE ABUSE
INTENSIFIED.
INTENSIFIED. >> WHEN I GOT INTO THE NINTH
GRADE AND TENTH GRADE, HE
MOVED TO THE HIGH SCHOOL AND
STARTED COACHING.
STARTED COACHING. I JOINED THE GIRL'S BASKETBALL
TAME AND HE OFFERED PRIVATE
LESSONS IN THE MORNING.
HE WOULD TICKLE ME ON MY LEGS
AND OVER A FEW LESSONS IT
STARTED MOVING UP CLOSER TO
THE INSIDE OF MY THIGH.
THEN WITHIN THE LAST TWO OR
THREE LESSONS, HIS HANDS WERE
PRESSED UP AGAINST MY LEG SO
TIGHTLY THAT I WOULD BRUISE.
AND, IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE
HIS HANDS WERE UP AGAINST MY
GENITALS.
GENITALS.
GENITALS. >> Reporter: AFTER THAT, SHE
AVOIDED HIM.
AVOIDED HIM. >> ACTIONS THAT MAKE YOU
UNCOMFORTABLE OR MAKE YOU FEEL
UNSAFE ARE ENOUGH TO REPORT.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WHEN I WAS
THAT AGE.
THAT AGE.
THAT AGE. >> Reporter: SHE TOLD SOME
FRIENDS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED,
BUT NO ONE IN A POSITION OF
POWER UNTIL A SCHOOL MEMBER
REACHED OUT TO HER BACK IN
2010.
2010.
2010. >>
2010. >> I GAVE MY STATEMENT AND I
WAS TOLD BY THE BOARD MEMBER
THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH AND SHE
WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT SO I
WIPED MY HANDS OF IT AND MOVED
ON.
ON.
ON. >>
ON. >> Reporter: LAST AUGUST, SHE
WENT TO ENROLL HER DAUGHTER IN
SCHOOL AND CHECKED TO SEE IF
THE TEACHER WAS STILL AT THE
HIGH SCHOOL.
HIGH SCHOOL. SURE ENOUGH, HE WAS STILL
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. >>
THERE. >> I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO ME.
THAT CAN'T BE DEBATED IN MY
BRAIN.
BRAIN.
BRAIN. SO, FOR ME TO GIVE THAT STORY,
TO TELL THEM VERY CLEARLY WHAT
HAPPENED TO ME MULTIPLE TIMES
AND HAVE THAT NOT COUNT ENOUGH
FOR HIM TO BE REMOVED FROM THE
POSITION WHERE HE COULD DO
THAT AGAIN WAS SHOCKING TO ME.
>> Reporter: MEGHAN NOTIFIED
THE DISTRICT AND THE DISTRICT
HIRED A THIRD PARTY
INVESTIGATOR.
INVESTIGATOR. BUT THEN THEY CAME BACK WITH
NOTHING.
NOTHING.
NOTHING. AT THAT POINT, MEGHAN SHARED
HER STORY ON FACEBOOK.
>> IT DOES FEEL LIKE A
SACRIFICE TO SHARE SOMETHING
SO PERSONAL BUT I HONESTLY
BELIEVE THAT INVESTIGATION
WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN RELAUNCHED
IF I DIDN'T MAKE THIS PUBLIC.
>> Reporter: THE DISTRICT CAME
FORWARD TO SAY THEY REOPENED
THE INVESTIGATION INTO SEXUAL
ASSAULT BY A STAFF MEMBER.
AND THAT STAFF MEMBER IS ON
ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.
ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE. >> IF THERE ARE WOMEN OUT
THERE OR GIRLS WHO EXPERIENCED
THE SAME TYPE OF TRAUMA,
REPORT IT.
REPORT IT. IF YOU DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE
REPORTING IT TO THE SCHOOL
DIRECTLY, REPORT IT TO A CLOSE
FRIEND WHO WILL.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE
EMPOWER THESE WOMEN TO SAY
WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM.
>> THAT WAS JENNA HANCHARD
REPORTING.
REPORTING. THE SECOND ALLEGED VICTIM
CLAIMS THE SAME TEACHER
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER.
BUT THIS TIME, WHEN SHE
RETURNED TO THE SCHOOL AFTER
GRADUATING.
GRADUATING. >> Reporter: SHERIDAN MACK
FILED A POLICE REPORT IN 2010
SAYING IN 2007, SHE RETURNED
TO ORTING HIGH SCHOOL FOR HER
BROTHER'S GRADUATION.
BROTHER'S GRADUATION. WHEN AN ORTING TEACHER
ASSAULTED HER IN HIS
CLASSROOM.
CLASSROOM. IN THE POLICE REPORT, IT SAYS
MACK REPORTED THE INCIDENT
BECAUSE SHE WAS OBTAINING HER
TEACHING DEGREE AND MANDATED
TO REPORT IT.
AFTER THAT REPORT WAS FILED,
ORTING POLICE FILED IT.
HE KNEW MACK AND RECALLED THE
INCIDENT.
INCIDENT.
INCIDENT. DURING A CONVERSATION WITH
POLICE, HE SAID THIS IS NOT A
SCHOOL SINCE SHE IS OVERAGE.
MACK WAS 20 YEARS OLD AT THE
TIME OF THE ALLEGED ASSAULT.
POLICE ALERTED THE THEN
SUPERINTENDENT OF ORTING'S
SCHOOL AS WELL AS THE CITY
PROSECUTOR WHO DID NOT TAKE
THE CASE FURTHER BECAUSE IT
WAS PAST THE STATUTE OF
LIMITATIONS.
LIMITATIONS. WE WANT TO NOTE THE POLICE
REPORT WE RECEIVED IS
INCOMPLETE.
INCOMPLETE. THE HANDWRITTEN STATEMENT
ORIGINALLY INCLUDED IN THE
REPORT BY THE ACCUSED TEACHER
WAS "NOT SCANNED AND
MAINTAINED IN THE PAPER FILE
FOR THIS CASE."
THE CITY NO LONGER HAS THE
PAPER FILE OR THE LOCAL AGENCY
RETENTION SCHEDULE.
RETENTION SCHEDULE. >>> ALSO, THE ORTING SCHOOL
DISTRICT IS ENCOURAGING ANYONE
WITH INFORMATION THAT IMPACTS
THE SAFETY OF STUDENTS TO
REPORT IT TO A LINK TO THEIR
SAFE SCHOOL ANONYMOUS
REPORTING