Whidbey News-Times • July 12, 2013

The third of four women to file lawsuits against the North Whidbey Park and Recreation District over sexual assault allegations from the 1990s has settled for $1.3 million, district director Bill Walker said Friday. The four women, represented by Seattle attorney Lincoln Beauregard, were molested as children by convicted serial pedophile Andrew King, who was the swim coach for the Aquajets swim team in the mid-1990s.

The lawsuits, filed in King County, claim that the district was negligent in hiring and supervising King, who had unlimited and unsupervised access to the girls. A group of parents at the time complained to district commissioners about King’s inappropriate behavior with female swimmers.

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Third assault victim settles for $1.3 million