""I want to apologize for everything that has happened. Most of the issues have been my fault and I'm sorry," Lucca Van Der Woude allegedly wrote in a group chat, acknowledging his wrongdoing and expressing regret for the impact on the team."
""I should be seeing Aidan shortly ... but I don't want to make him uncomfortable by checking on him," Janine Jones allegedly texted Romain's parents after they reported the sexual assault, indicating a lack of proactive support."
Lucca Van Der Woude, a water polo player, is accused of racially abusing and sexually assaulting teammate Aidan Romain at Harvard-Westlake School. Text messages reveal Van Der Woude's apology for his actions, acknowledging his wrongdoing. The lawsuit claims that Romain faced ongoing racial slurs and sexual abuse from Van Der Woude and others from August 2022 to February 2024. Harvard-Westlake allegedly did not investigate or respond adequately to reports of the abuse, with school officials denying they received any reports of sexual assault.
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