Athletic trainer Richard Alexander Turner, 64, faces more than 15 felony counts of rape and other sex crimes against girls at two San Fernando Valley high schools.
An athletic trainer who worked at Birmingham Community Charter High School and Van Nuys High School in San Fernando Valley will be charged with sex-related counts involving 10 teenage girls, L. A. County District Attorney George Gascón announced Tuesday, Sept. 27.
The charges involve 10 alleged victims between the ages of 15 and 17 at the time, according to the district attorney, who said he was “grateful for the many young women that have come forward.” Detectives subsequently located a crime report from 2017 in which another student had reported that Turner inappropriately touched her after she reported an injury while practicing basketball at Van Nuys High School, the LAPD captain said.