The mother of a Brooklyn high-school student whose football coach allegedly slammed his head into a wall says she’s not surprised by new claims that another player was sexually assaulted at the school.
Deslin Willock — who filed a $2.5 million lawsuit against James Madison High School and former JV football coach Nicholas Nugent over an alleged physical assault on his son — claims the century-old institution dropped the ball again when a There was a report of assault during an incident of tampering with another player. There last week.
“I’m really not surprised at all about what’s happening with that team,” Willock told The Post on Sunday about James Madison, which was founded in 1925 and whose alumni include members of the U.S. Senate. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
“Look at the people at school. They do not care about the safety of these children. They are only interested in saving the face of the school. Who is protecting these children?”
police source told The Post that Three Madison JV football players – two aged 14 and one aged 15 – were arrested for alleged sexual assault and the team’s season was abruptly halted.
According to sources, around 5:20 pm on Wednesday, three other players dragged the victim to the locker room after she was left unattended.
Sources said the teenage thugs forcibly removed the boy’s pants and underwear, after which one of the attackers slapped the victim twice on his penis.
The boy’s mother later reported the alleged incident to the police.
School officials and athletic program officials at the Midwood campus have not responded to requests for comment about the incident.
Willock said she has been given the silent treatment since school.
His son, Shasson Willock, who was 14 at the time, his head hit the wall According to the family’s lawsuit, by one of his coaches in September 2023 because he fell asleep in a team meeting.
Records show now-former coach Nicholas Nugent was charged with assault and menacing last year, with the case still pending in a Brooklyn court with a hearing scheduled for next month.
Nugent pleaded not guilty to the charges.
In 2015, a teacher was also accused of having sex with students on a daily basis.
“A lot of parents don’t know what’s going on,” Deslin Willock said of the school, whose students included famous comedian Chris Rock, before he left the school. “They don’t know because (school officials) don’t want parents to know.
“They never told anyone what happened to my son,” he said. “Most of the parents at that school still don’t know anything. …They don’t know what caused this latest incident. They don’t know until it’s in the news and they see it.”
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