MOUNT LEBANON, Pa. — Several Mount Lebanon volleyball players have filed a lawsuit against the school district, accusing their former coach of sexual misconduct.
According to the federal lawsuit, the victims claim the district ignored warnings and complaints about former girls’ volleyball head coach Brian Begor before he was hired last year.%
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The lawsuit claims the district knowingly hired Begor despite him having been banned from school property for inappropriate sexual contact in the mid-'90s with two varsity players.
The suit also alleges that Begor demonstrated inappropriate behavior with girls on the volleyball team in the past year. Those accusations include Begor encouraging the players to touch each other on their behinds, Begor grabbing his crotch in front of the minor-female team members, according to the lawsuit.
Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zapalla told Channel 11 he will once again review the investigation involving Begor.
Sam Cordes, the students’ attorney, told Channel 11 News about an additional allegation.
“He would videotape them and have them wrestle while he was touching his privates,” Cordes said.
The school district responded to the lawsuit, saying: “The Mt. Lebanon School District reported to and fully cooperated with the Mt. Lebanon Police Department and took all appropriate measures to protect the health, safety and welfare of Mt. Lebanon students.”
Begor resigned from his position as the girls’ volleyball head coach in November 2015. No criminal charged were ever filed, but Cordes said the school district should have known not to hire Begor in the first place.
“It’s not criminal. It’s a violation of Title IX sexual harassment,” Cordes said.
Cordes said he will wait for the school district to respond to his lawsuit before determining his next step in the case.
Mount Lebanon police said they asked anyone who felt victimized by Begor to contact them, but they received no additional complaints.
"Whenever someone brings suit, we will review the files," Zapalla said.
Efforts to reach Begor for comment Monday were unsuccessful.