The attorney for the family of a preschooler allegedly molested by a teacher's assistant in San Ysidro told NBC 7 on Monday that he's getting calls from other parents who fear their children may have suffered a similar fate.

While Sunset Elementary School teaching assistant Jaime Godinez is charged with two counts of lewd behavior with a preschooler, he is also a defendant in a civil suit filed more than a week ago.

"The parent was expecting the child to be safe in the hands of the school district, and the school has failed in those duties," family attorney Samer Habbas said.

Habbas included the San Ysidro School District and the girl’s teacher as defendants in that lawsuit. He is asking how, if the school was following its own safety protocols, this could happen to a then 4-year-ol

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