Original sentence: 39 former students of the school sued the school based on allegations that Fischer had molested them and that the school knew about these happenings and did nothing to stop them, only to cover them up.Audio recordings played during the trial revealed that the school's principal and faculty memebers knew that Fischer was up to no good, in part because many parent's complained that Fischer might be acting too "intimately" with their children.In 2000, Porter- Gaud made national headlines due to a scandal involving former teacher Eddie Fischer.It was on these grounds, as well as the fact that PG's lawyer tried to downplay Fischer's crimes,that national news stations, especially CNN, criticized the school for the role they played in covering up Fischer's terrible and horrendous crimes.The verdict was a $15 million dollar payout from Porter Gaud to the victims of Fischer's terrible injustices