Three-judge panel to determine constitutionality of state law that paved way for UNCSA lawsuit - Winston-Salem Journal

A three-judge panel in Wake County will determine the constitutionality of a state law passed in 2019 that paved the way for a lawsuit filed last month against UNC School of the Arts.

Superior Court Justices R. Gerald Horne, Martin G. McGee and Imelda Pate heard arguments Thursday that dealt with two different cases. One of those cases involves a pending lawsuit in Forsyth Superior Court. The other case is about a lawsuit filed in Gaston Superior Court over sexual abuse allegations against a former high school wrestling coach.

And whatever the three judges decide could have a statewide impact on pending lawsuits that have been filed based on the state law — the SAFE Child Act — including a lawsuit filed last month by seven UNCSA alumni against the arts conservatory and several named defendants.

The lawsuit alleges UNCSA administrators and faculty condoned a pervasive culture of sexual abuse over a 20-year period, starting in the 1970s. The seven alumni, who all attended the high school program in the 1980s, allege that faculty members sexually abused them and that no one did anything about it. One of the plaintiffs is Christopher Soderlund, who filed a lawsuit in 1995. That lawsuit was ultimately dismissed due to the statute of limitations.

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