GVI Hit With 19-Count Civil Suit Alleging Failure to Stop CAHS Coach’s Abuse Despite Repeated Warnings

The lawsuit, filed by a former student under a pseudonym, details years of abuse by coach Alfredo Bruce Smith and accuses school officials, DHS, and VIDE of creating a hostile environment and failing to act on multiple reports of misconduct

On Monday, a civil complaint was filed against the Government of the Virgin Islands alleging nineteen counts including state-created danger, conspiracy, equal protection violations, Title 9 violations, negligence and more. The lawsuit centers around the sexual abuse of children by former Charlotte Amalie High School coach Alfredo Bruce Smith, and the lack of action from several school officials and government agencies even when reports of Smith's wrongdoing began to come to light.

The complaint was filed by Cevallos & Wong, a New York law firm, on behalf of an anonymous plaintiff who is asking that the court allow the trial to proceed under a pseudonym. “John Doe”, as the male plaintiff is identified in the documents, was a minor child attending CAHS in 2019, when he was first sexually assaulted by Smith.