A special needs girl was allegedly assaulted for 17 days by two students on a bus before it escalated to rape and the bus driver reported it, according to US media.
The alleged assaults - involving two special needs boys and the 14-year-old victim - are said to have occurred from April 5 to 20 last year on a Fulton County School bus in Georgia.
One student allegedly moved from his seat in the bus - which had only three or four rows as it was specifically designed for those with special needs - and groped the girl, 11Alive News reports.
A second student, "emboldened by the lack of discipline an restraint", then began to assault the girl in escalating attacks, the lawsuit claims.
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