Former Visalia Unified School District employee faces felony sexual abuse charges

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Attorney Brendan Gilbert from Taylor & Ring represented the victim, who was precocious awarded $8 cardinal successful a intersexual maltreatment lawsuit against the Visalia Unified School District.

"He's a textbook predator. He's victimized insignificant females fundamentally everyplace he's gone successful his beingness astatine antithetic jobs," said Gilbert.

He said 40-year-old De Jaun Jones worked astatine Mount Whitney High School arsenic a field supervisor successful Visalia erstwhile helium was accused of exchanging nude photos with a 15-year-old miss and touching her inappropriately successful 2023.

But Gilbert said Jones had already been fired from Mount Whitney High a decennary earlier for akin allegations.

"Mount Whitney High School, they did everything close successful 2013. They released Jones from his employment but past they did everything incorrect erstwhile they brought him backmost successful 2022," said Gilbert.

Jones is accused of grooming precocious schoolhouse girls, arsenic good arsenic normalizing inappropriate touching and conversations erstwhile helium was a field supervisor.

Gilbert is present representing a 2nd teen who has besides accused Jones of abuse.

"He should not person been rehired by the territory successful 2022 fixed that they had released him 10 years earlier for a precise superior misconduct," said Gilbert.

Gilbert said Jones has besides been accused of akin behaviour portion moving astatine Monache High School successful Porterville Unified and an In-Shape gym.

The Tulare County District Attorney's bureau has filed 11 felony counts against Jones for misconduct during the 2022-2023 schoolhouse year.

Prosecutors said astatine slightest 3 young women came guardant with credible allegations of intersexual maltreatment and inappropriate behavior.

Action News reached retired respective times to the Visalia Unified School District for comment. But they person not returned our calls.

Jones' preliminary proceeding for his transgression lawsuit is scheduled for November 13. If convicted, helium faces situation clip and enactment offender registration.

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