Judge: Rapist should pay $10M to Arizona prison teacher

PHOENIX (AP) — A federal magistrate is recommending that a convicted sex offender who raped an Arizona prison teacher be ordered to pay her $10 million in punitive and compensatory damages, court records show.

Harvey presented no defense and refused to participate in court hearings, leading to the magistrate John Z. Boyle's Aug. 3 recommendation that a default judgment be entered against him.

The Associated Press has not named the teacher because she is a victim of a sexual assault, but in interviews with the AP she blamed the corrections department for not protecting her.

The state's workplace safety agency, knows as the Arizona Industrial Commission, fined the Corrections Department $14,000 for failing to protect the teacher.