• What Happened: Leading attorney John Manly, who represented victims of Larry Nassar, alleges his firm has uncovered over 350 cases of sexual abuse by teachers, coaches, and school employees in California public schools alone.
  • Why It Matters: Manly says powerful teachers unions enable a "pass the trash" practice of quietly reassigning accused teachers instead of firing and prosecuting them, with mandatory reporting compliance described as near zero.
  • Bottom Line: New data estimates 17% of K-12 public school students nationwide will face sexual misconduct by school personnel, with minority and low-income communities disproportionately affected.

The attorney who helped bring down Larry Nassar is now setting his sights on California's public schools, and what he is alleging should horrify every parent in America.

John Manly, one of the nation's most prominent victims' rights attorneys, sat down with Straight to the Point this week and dropped a bombshell investigation into what he calls an outright epidemic of sexual abuse inside California classrooms. His firm alone has identified over 350 alleged perpetrators, including teachers, coaches, and other school employees.

"The main issue is that there is an epidemic of sexual abuse in the state by teachers, by coaches, and by other school employees," Manly said. "Our firm alone has discovered over 350 or 360 perpetrators. We believe there's many, many more."

The mechanism enabling this abuse has a name, and it is as ugly as it sounds. Manly describes a practice called "passing the trash," where teachers accused of sexual misconduct are quietly reassigned to other schools rather than being fired, reported to law enforcement, or prosecuted. Compliance with mandatory reporting requirements is described as near zero. There is no legal requirement to notify parents when credible allegations surface against a school employee.

New data puts the scale of this crisis into devastating perspective. Estimates suggest that 17% of students in K-12 public schools will experience sexual misconduct by school personnel during their education. Nearly one in five American children.

Manly points directly at teachers unions, saying they are fully aware of widespread non-reporting and continue to protect the system rather than the children inside it. Minority and low-income communities are bearing the heaviest burden.

His message to Congress is simple: "If you want to make them stop this, cut off their money."

These are children. This ends now.