BOSTON — The First Circuit held that a high school principal, who involved himself in a girl’s troubled home life before beginning to inquire about her sex and dating life and calling her “cupcake” and “too hot for [her] own good,” must face civil rights claims for sexually harassing the girl even though, as he argues, the harassment was not physical. The right to be free of non-physical harassment is a clearly established constitutional right, so he cannot claim qualified immunity in response to her lawsuit.
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