CHATSWORTH, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The family of an 8-year-old girl is suing a school in Chatsworth, alleging their daughter was sexually assaulted by older students as part of a so-called "Kissing Club" and the school failed to do enough to stop it, or report it, once they found out.

According to the family, their daughter, who was 7 years old at the time of the incident, was sexually assaulted in the bathrooms of Sierra Canyon School, a private school serving students from Pre-Kindergarten through 12th Grade, during school hours.

The lawsuit alleges that older girls pressured and coerced younger girls into kissing and other forms of sexual assault.

They allege the school faculty didn't provide adequate supervision, and when school staff learned about the activity, including finding vi

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