CHENEY, Wash. – Luke Huckabee, who grew up in the Cheney School District, settled a 2023 lawsuit against the district for nearly $260,000. The lawsuit detailed allegations of misuse of restraint and isolation.

Huckabee recalled the first-time teachers restrained him and placed him in an isolation closet when he was just 5 years old.

"I was restrained like many many times in my time there," Huckabee said.

He attended Salnave and Betz Elementary schools.

"So, I started in Salnave and then I went to Betz Elementary," Huckabee said.

The civil complaint alleged that during the 2012-2013 school year, Huckabee's mother was called to the school after he had a "rough morning."

Reportedly, when his mother arrived, 6-year-old Huckabee had "spit, peed on himself, and bashed his head on the floor

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