B. Team-Building Camp
Somerville High School regularly conducted annual team-building camps for student-athletes in late August. Id. ¶ 82. From 2011 to 2013, Scarpelli and Curtatone were the principal organizers of the camps, which took place at Camp Lenox in Otis, Massachusetts. Id. ¶¶ 1, 82- 83. As superintendent, Pierantozzi was responsible for reviewing and approving plans for the camps. Id. ¶ 85. In 2013, all students trying out for the Somerville High School boys' varsity soccer team were required to attend the team-building camp from August 23 to 26. Id. ¶ 90. Galileo was one of 61 soccer players present. Id. ¶ 91.
According to members of the boys' soccer team who attended the camp, numerous incidents of hazing and sexually transgressive behavior occurred among team members during the 2013 camp, including students being sexually assaulted in the showers, bathrooms, or while they were sleeping, and students having Icy-Hot cream put on their genitals while they were being pinned down by other players. Id.¶¶ 102-06. Much of this same conduct had allegedly also occurred at camps in 2011 and 2012. See id. ¶¶ 87-88, 101. Galileo, a transfer student and new to the camp environment, found this sexual behavior "weird" and "scary," and was worried that someone might attack him. Id. ¶ 107.
C. The Incident
The eyewitness reports of the incident in the summary judgment record vary greatly regarding the role and perspective of the persons involved. In accord with the summary judgment standard, this section incorporates Plaintiffs' version of events, reasonable inferences drawn from it, and other non-disputed information.
On the morning of August 25, Scarpelli left the camp with the previous season's varsity squad to participate in a scrimmage game against a local soccer team. Id. ¶ 108. Galileo and another junior, Gual, were the only players left in the junior-senior cabin. Id. ¶ 109. Shortly after breakfast, a sophomore named Roberto joined Galileo and Gual in the junior-senior cabin. Id. ¶ 112. Galileo had not met either boy before joining the soccer team. Id.
This memorandum adopts the naming conventions from Plaintiffs' statement of facts to protect the identities of individuals who were minors at the time of the incident.
Gual proposed that the three boys go to the freshman cabin, but no one said anything about bothering or harming any freshmen. Id. ¶ 113. Roberto and Gual walked over, and Galileo joined them a few minutes later. Id. ¶ 114. When Galileo arrived, the other players were making small talk with each other. Id. ¶ 115. Galileo laid down on an empty bunk bed. Id. Thereafter, Gual picked up a broom that was leaning against a wall and began to point it at different freshmen, saying, "Who wants it? Who's going to get it?" Id. ¶ 116. He first pointed the broom at freshman A.D., who was on one of the bunk beds, and said, "How about you?" Id. ¶ 117. Gual began poking A.D. with the broom, but A.D. batted it away with his hands. Id.
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