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The man known as “Coach Babyface” had a rap sheet that disqualified him from supervising Chicago Public Schools students, including four felony convictions for dealing and possessing drugs.

But Simeon Career Academy failed to conduct a mandated criminal background check before making Gerald Gaddy an assistant coach of the boys wrestling and girls track teams starting in 2010.

Gaddy would become a prominent presence in the school, a South Side sports powerhouse. Simeon even gave him a master key to school classrooms and offices, court records show.

In one of those offices, a secluded space overlooking the high school’s Olympic-size pool, Gaddy would repeatedly rape a 16-year-old athlete.

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