Daughter of HS football legend charged with sexual misconduct of teens as athletic trainer

A recent lawsuit accuses a former athletic trainer from California, whose father was a renowned high school football coach, of sexually abusing young football players for more than ten years. The lawsuit asserts that despite coaches with the program being wary of Tiffany Strauss-actions, Gordon's a group of former Colton High School football stars say the alleged sexual abuse by the high school trainer continued. According to a lawyer for the six athletes who are suing Strauss-Gordon and the Colton school district, there was widespread sexual abuse of youngsters on campus, according to CBS Los Angeles. “That would include the locker room for the varsity football players, training rooms, weight rooms, classrooms, bathrooms, in vans to football-related events and at a few homes,” lawyer Brian Williams said. Harold Strauss, a famed gridiron coach for the Yellowjackets who is credited with assisting numerous high school football players in making the transition to the professional ranks, is the father of Strauss-Gordon. While her father was the team's coach, the daughter worked as a trainer. According to the lawsuit, Coach Strauss once halted an alleged sexual assault when Strauss-Gordon and a player were in a locker room. “When Coach Strauss made his way through the locker room, he confronted the two and asked why the lights were off. Gordon made excuses claiming they were closing up and leaving,” CBS LA reported, citing legal papers. According to the East Bay Times, Strauss-Gordon is accused of acting inappropriately with players between the ages of 14 and 17, between the years of 2001 and 2007. According to the lawsuit, she allegedly had sex with the teen males and gave them oral sex. “The sheer volume of oral copulation and sexual intercourse occurring between Gordon and the minor student-athletes was not insignificant, and Defendants knew or should have known of the blatant sexual misconduct occurring,” the lawsuit states, according to the newspaper.