Former student claims she was sexually abused by elite NYC private school headmaster

UPPER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) -- A former student of Dalton, an elite private school in New York City, is filing a lawsuit claiming she was sexually abused by the school's former headmaster.

The allegation of sexual touching and groping dates back to 1986, when the accuser was 15 years old.
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The alleged victim claims Gardner Dunnan abused her in his Manhattan home and at a beach house in New Jersey.

She was a live-in babysitter in exchange for free admission to Dalton.

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