Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge H. Jay Ford III declared a mistrial on April 3 in the civil case filed against the Beverly Hills Unified School District (BHUSD), Beverly Hills High School (BHHS) and former baseball coach Henry “Hank” Friedman regarding alleged incidents of sexual abuse from 1978 to 1981.
The plaintiff, Lauren Siegman, alleged that Friedman sexually assaulted and abused her some four decades ago while she was a student at BHHS. She further alleged that the school district failed to protect her and other victims by failing to take appropriate action against Friedman.
