A $2 million settlement has been reached in a sexual abuse lawsuit in the State of Washington regarding allegations from nearly 30 years ago involving a band director now working in North Battleford. Michael Alstad has been operating as the director for the North Battleford City Kinsmen Band, according to the band’s website. While working as a band teacher in Washington, Alstad and a school district were sued in 2019 over a relationship involving Alstad and a high school student in the late 80s and early 90s. Court documents show Alstad acknowledged he had sexual contact with the student in Washington starting in the fall of 1989.
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Woman Abused by Washington Band Teacher Settles for $2M
A school district in Washington state has agreed to a $2 million settlement after a woman sued over sexual abuse by a band teacher 30 years ago – a trauma so profound she said it caused her to stop teaching music to children herself decades later.
The band teacher, Michael Alstad, acknowledged in response to the lawsuit that he had sexual relations several times a week with student Maria Joyner beginning when he was in his early 30s and she was a high school junior in Aberdeen in 1989. He said he continued to engage in sexual contact with her even after her parents found out and confronted him. The abuse lasted until she left for college.