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SPRING-SUMMER 2026 UPDATE

Here are the latest developments for the BUSD lawsuits that we are following:

WILLIAM SEIDEL, BY AND THROUGH HIS MICHAEL SEIDEL, ET AL. VS BURBANK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, A PUBLIC ENTITY, ET AL. Case Number:  24NNCV04905, 
Filing Date: 10/08/2024 – personal injury case. Settled
CM v BUSD (personal injury), Case no. 22STCV31739,  settled. Defendants are  BURBANK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, CASHMAN STACY,  HILL MATT,  KOSS PAULETTE,  MACIAS OSCAR,  PARAMO JOHN
WILLIAM BRODIE KURTYAN, ET AL. VS CITY OF BURBANK, ET AL. – Case Number:  23BBCV02533. Trial date 5/4/26
Michelle S v BUSD,  sexual abuse, filed 4/24/24, Case no. 24NNCV01174 – trial date 8/17/26
Employment Complaint vs BUSD, Case no. 22BBCV00765 – trial date 1/11/27
And here are the newest lawsuits – 
RIO SEBASTIAN BARENBOIM, ET AL. VS BURBANK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, CANDACE COBERTY, ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Case No. 25NNCV03628, filed 5/28/25. Personal injury. 
JANE K.O. DOE, ET AL. VS BURBANK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, Case No. 25NNCV08575, filed 12/2/25, sexual abuse.
JOHN DOE, AN INDIVIDUAL, ET AL. VS BURBANK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. Case No. 25STCV10680, filed 4/9/25. Civil rights violations. Related filing is 24BBCV00470, filed 1/22/2026.
Defendants are: ARMOND AGHAKHANIAN
BURBANK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT       
BURBANK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION    
VICTORIA CUSEO
JOHN BURROUGHS HIGH SCHOOL   
KENNY KNOOP
JOHN PARAMO
SARAH RUDCHENKO
SAIDA VALDEZ
EMILY WEISBERG
MERI POGHOSYAN, A MINOR, BY AND THROUGH HER GUARDIAN AD LITEM, ET AL. VS BURBANK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, Case no 25STCV14032, filed 5/13/25. Civil rights violation. 
B D S VS BURBANK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, Case no. 25NNCV02865. filed 4/8/25. Personal injury
M. B., ET AL. VS BURBANK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, Case no. 25NNCV09292, filed 12/29/25. Personal injury.
 

SPRING-SUMMER 2025 UPDATE

Here are the latest developments for the BUSD lawsuits that we are following:

WILLIAM SEIDEL, BY AND THROUGH HIS MICHAEL SEIDEL, ET AL. VS BURBANK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, A PUBLIC ENTITY, ET AL. Case Number:  24NNCV04905, 
Filing Date: 10/08/2024 – personal injury case. trial date of 6/8/26
CM v BUSD (personal injury), Case no. 22STCV31739 – settlement pending,   Defendants are  BURBANK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, CASHMAN STACY,  HILL MATT,  KOSS PAULETTE,  MACIAS OSCAR,  PARAMO JOHN
WILLIAM BRODIE KURTYAN, ET AL. VS CITY OF BURBANK, ET AL. – Case Number:  23BBCV02533. Trial date 9/24/25
Center for American Liberty v BUSD (writ of mandamus), Case no. 24STCP02384 filed 7/29/24 – DISMISSED (Here is what this was about but basically it was trying to attack “gender transition plans”)
Michelle S v BUSD,  sexual abuse, filed 4/24/24, Case no. 24NNCV01174 – trial date pending
Jane Doe v BUSD, personal injury, Case no 24NNCV04385, filed 9/18/24 – trial date pending
Employment Complaint vs BUSD, Case no. 22BBCV00765 – trial date 10/20/25

HERE IS THE ONE YOU ALL WANT TO KNOW ABOUT:

Minor v BUSD, Rex Bullington (sexual abuse), Case no. 22BBCV00433 – THE CASE WAS SETTLED IN JANUARY 2025

AND … there was ANOTHER sexual abuse case settled by BUSD involving at different Plaintiff Jane Doe who  alleged that in 1978, when plaintiff was a 15-year-old student at John Muir Middle School, plaintiff was groomed and sexually assaulted by her science teacher, Robert Goar, a Burbank Unified School District employee. This case was settled in April 2025. (Case no 22BBCV00933)

NEW LAWSUITS:

NEW SEXUAL ABUSE CASE: MICHELLE S., ET AL. VS BURBANK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, filed 4/24/25, case no. 24NNCV01174

RIO SEBASTIAN BARENBOIM, ET AL. VS BURBANK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL, filed 5/28/2025, personal injury, case no. 25NNCV03628

B D S VS BURBANK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL., personal injury, filed 4/28/25, case no. 25NNCV02865

 

WINTER 2024 UPDATE

Here are the latest trial dates for the BUSD lawsuits that we are following:

 NEW LAWSUITS FOR 2024!

William Brodie Kurtyan vs City of Burbank, BUSD et al (wrongful death) Case no. 23BBCV02533
Trial – 9/22/25
Douglas Smith v BUSD (wrongful termination) Case no. 23STCV02429
Trial – 6/3/25
Center for American Liberty v BUSD (writ of mandamus), Case no. 24STCP02384 filed 7/29/24

 
NEW SEXUAL ABUSE CASE!
Michelle S v BUSD, filed 4/24/24, Case no. 24NNCV01174
Trial date pending – next hearing is 12/06/2024 on Motion to Compel Compliance with Subpoena Issued to Burbank Police Department
ANOTHER WRONGFUL DEATH CASE!
Jane Doe v BUSD, Case no 24NNCV04385, filed 9/18/24
AND YET ANOTHER PERSONAL INJURY CASE!
Seidel v BUSD, Case no. 24NNCV04905, filed 10/8/24

OLDER CASES PREVIOUSLY REPORTED WITH UPDATED STATUS:

Minor v BUSD, Rex Bullington (sexual abuse), Case no. 22BBCV00433
Trial – 3/10/25
 
  CM v BUSD (wrongful death), Case no. 22STCV31739
  Defendants:
  BURBANK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
  CASHMAN STACY
  HILL MATT
  KOSS PAULETTE
  MACIAS OSCAR
  PARAMO JOHN
Trial – 4/1/25 (non-jury trial)
 
 Jane Doe v BUSD (sexual abuse), Case no. 22BBCV00933
Trial – 7/21/25
 
  Employment Complaint vs BUSD, Case no. 22BBCV00765
  Plaintiffs:
  ASTAMENDI EDWARDS VICKI
  CREAGER JANE
  FUNSTON MICHELLE
  GRABER ANDREA
  HELDT-VALVERDE THERESA
  HENRY TRACY
  HENRY TRICIA
  KIMMEL MICHAEL
  PANSINI KRISTA
Trial – 5/12/25
 
 
WINTER 2024 UPDATE

Here are the latest trial dates for the BUSD lawsuits that we are following:

 NEW LAWSUITS FOR 2024!

William Brodie Kurtyan vs City of Burbank, BUSD et al (wrongful death) Case no. 23BBCV02533
Trial – 9/22/25
Douglas Smith v BUSD (wrongful termination) Case no. 23STCV02429
Trial – 6/3/25
Center for American Liberty v BUSD (writ of mandamus), Case no. 24STCP02384 filed 7/29/24

 
NEW SEXUAL ABUSE CASE!
Michelle S v BUSD, filed 4/24/24, Case no. 24NNCV01174
Trial date pending – next hearing is 12/06/2024 on Motion to Compel Compliance with Subpoena Issued to Burbank Police Department
ANOTHER WRONGFUL DEATH CASE!
Jane Doe v BUSD, Case no 24NNCV04385, filed 9/18/24
AND YET ANOTHER PERSONAL INJURY CASE!
Seidel v BUSD, Case no. 24NNCV04905, filed 10/8/24

OLDER CASES PREVIOUSLY REPORTED WITH UPDATED STATUS:

Minor v BUSD, Rex Bullington (sexual abuse), Case no. 22BBCV00433
Trial – 3/10/25
 
  CM v BUSD (wrongful death), Case no. 22STCV31739
  Defendants:
  BURBANK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
  CASHMAN STACY
  HILL MATT
  KOSS PAULETTE
  MACIAS OSCAR
  PARAMO JOHN
Trial – 4/1/25 (non-jury trial)
 
 Jane Doe v BUSD (sexual abuse), Case no. 22BBCV00933
Trial – 7/21/25
 
  Employment Complaint vs BUSD, Case no. 22BBCV00765
  Plaintiffs:
  ASTAMENDI EDWARDS VICKI
  CREAGER JANE
  FUNSTON MICHELLE
  GRABER ANDREA
  HELDT-VALVERDE THERESA
  HENRY TRACY
  HENRY TRICIA
  KIMMEL MICHAEL
  PANSINI KRISTA
Trial – 5/12/25
 
 

BUT WAIT THERE IS ONE MORE!

Let’s count the sexual assault cases:

There are Four!

And the fourth case you have heard about

but did you know there are now two plaintiffs suing BUSD

in regard to this teacher?

Plus there is a death case and …

What in tarnation is going on here?

Sexual Abuse lawsuit filed 11/7/22

Sexual Abuse Lawsuit filed 6/13/22