Vivant Behavioral/Sequel Youth & Family Services: Lawsuit Alleges Sexual Abuse of 13-Year-Old at Utah Child Psych Facility

May 27, 2025

A troubled teen school that shut down in 2019 has had a lawsuit filed against it. Red Rock Canyon School in St. George, Utah, which closed in September 2019, is accused of negligence in allowing an employee to sexually abuse a minor student.

The lawsuit names Red Rock Canyon School, Sequel Youth and Family Services (the school’s owners), Atonio Kavea (a former staff member), and Asiah Kavea (another former staff member).

According to the lawsuit, the plaintiff who is filing the lawsuit — referred to as P.R. — was a student at Red Rock Canyon in 2017, at age 13. They were a member of the Tule River Indian Tribe and were in and out of foster care when they were sent to the school.

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