Disappeared - Part 3

As blog readers will know, the individual convicted of child sex abuse as an employee in a UCLA child care center was convicted but disappeared while out on bail. Yours truly could find no news stories indicating that Christopher Rodriguez, the convicted former employee, has been found. In contrast, the lawsuit against UCLA has not disappeared. From the Daily Bruin:

Teachers at UCLA’s Early Care and Education centers told administrators in 2017 that they were struggling to meet teacher-student ratios and did not have enough supervision in their classrooms. Seven years later, their colleague of nearly 25 years was arrested for sexually abusing the children under his care. Twenty-five teachers from various ECE locations said they did not have enough staff to supervise their classrooms, according to a 2017 internal task force report obtained by the Daily Bruin. One teacher alleged in the report that their classroom did not have enough caretakers to meet legal supervision requirements at least 50% of the time due to staffing fluctuations...

One parent and UCLA faculty member whose child was in Rodriguez’s class when he worked at the Krieger Center said they pulled their child out of ECE because of what they saw as a lack of classroom management over a year before his arrest. Their child had experienced night terrors and behavioral issues throughout their time at Krieger, they added...

A spokesperson for UCLA ECE said in an emailed statement that they are committed to providing a safe environment for their community, but do not comment on pending legal matters...

Full story at https://dailybruin.com/2026/04/04/child-care-teachers-reported-understaffing-years-before-coworkers-arrest-document-shows.

As we have noted before, whatever happens in the litigation, this case seems like another Big Dollar settlement is brewing.