News and posts pertaining to the Gottesman drowning case.

$16.2 Million Drowning Death Verdict Sends Strong Message to Summer Camp Operators: Protect The Kids in Your Care – Civil Trial Update

On August 15, 2005, Plaintiffs brought their four-year-old son, Yoni Gottesman, to Cathedral Oaks Athletic Club ("COAC") to attend a Summer Activities Camp ("Camp"). After Plaintiffs left their son in Defendants' care, Defendants allowed him to drown. Yoni drowned right in front of camp counselors and lifeguards.

By |2021-01-26T17:41:31-08:00August 15th, 2009|Gottesman Drowning Case|
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Parents File Wrongful Death Suit – DA Declined to File Charges After 4-Year-Old’s Drowning – Santa Barbara News-Press

Parents file wrongful death suit - DA had declined to file charges after 4-year-old's drowning - Santa Barbara News-Press - PDF

By |2020-08-28T10:20:36-07:00July 24th, 2007|Gottesman Drowning Case|
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Attorneys Want State to Investigate Boy’s Drowning – Santa Barbara News-Press

The attorneys for the family of a 4-year-old boy who drowned last year at a Goleta athletic club are urging the state attorney general to launch a criminal investigation, saying earlier probes by the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department and District Attorney's Office, finding no criminal wrongdoing, were deeply flawed.

By |2020-08-28T10:21:24-07:00November 14th, 2006|Gottesman Drowning Case|
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DA urged to investigate 4-year-old’s drowning – Santa Barbara News-Press

The father of a 4-year-old boy who drowned three months ago while attending an unlicensed child care program at the Cathedral Oaks Athletic Club is urging the Santa Barbara County district attorney to investigate whether criminal negligence killed his son.

By |2020-08-28T10:26:21-07:00November 22nd, 2005|Gottesman Drowning Case|
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Athletic club did not have proper permit – Santa Barbara News-Press

Two months after a 4-year-old boy drowned at Cathedral Oaks Athletic Club, officials from the state's Community Care Licensing Division determined that the private facility broke the law by operating without a child care license and ordered it to shut down its kids' Activity Camp.

By |2020-08-28T10:23:59-07:00October 14th, 2005|Gottesman Drowning Case|
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