Posted: Apr 23, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: April 23
Madison Woodburn, shown in 2020 on the steps of H.B. Beal Secondary School, nearly 10 years after her English teacher secretly filmed her with a spy pen. Woodburn has launched a civil suit against the former teacher and a London, Ont., school board.(Amy Dodge/CBC)
A former London, Ont., high school student has filed a $200,000 civil suit against her ex-teacher and the Thames Valley District School Board (TVDSB), alleging he caused her psychological and emotional harm after he secretly filmed her chest at school without her knowledge or consent.
Madison Woodburn was one of 27 teenagers who were filmed by Ryan Jarvis while he taught English at H.B. Beal Secondary School between 2010 and 2011. She was 14 and in Grade 9 when he used a camera hidden inside a pen to film parts of her body.