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Maine school district, teen agree to end lawsuit over sexual assault note

Maine school district, teen agree to end lawsuit over sexual assault note

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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) The Cape Elizabeth School Department has agreed to remove any record of discipline against a student who posted a note about sexual assault last year.

The Portland Press Herald reports the move is part of a proposed settlement that would end an almost yearlong lawsuit.

Sixteen-year-old Aela Mansmann sued the district for suspending her for posting a note that said there was “a rapist” at the school.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine is representing Mansmann and won a temporary restraining order to block the suspension.

An attorney for the school said the settlement preserves the district’s ability to discipline students for bullying.

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