Grant High Investigation Leads to No Charges at Request of Victims' Parents

Grant High School

The Multnomah County District Attorney's office will not prosecute any of the Grant High School junior varsity boys basketball players involved a Jan. 12 locker room assault because parents of the victims don't want to press charges.

The news was first broken in an article in the Grant Magazine earlier this week in a news package dedicated to the incident and its aftermath, but the District Attorney's office didn't officially confirm its decision until this afternoon.

Earlier reports said two basketball players were targeted by their teammates int he assault, but the investigation identified a third victim who might have been targeted at a different time.

According to the DA's office, the parents said the school's response and the mediation between the boys was sufficient, saying they only want to move on from the incident.

One of the four attackers was expelled; the rest were suspended and have since returned to school and issued an apology to the entire student body. Grant High now requires coaches present in locker rooms at all times.

Here's the full press release:

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