Mr. Banks was prosecuted for rape and, to avoid a trial that might have sent him to prison for decades, accepted a felony plea agreement for which he spent more than five years behind bars. Ms. Gibson also filed a civil lawsuit against LBUSD, which the School District paid Ms. Gibson $750,000 to settle.

While incarcerated, Ms. Gibson acknowledged to Mr. Banks (in a surreptitiously recorded conversation) that her rape accusation against him was false. A court subsequently exonerated and released Mr. Banks.

LBUSD then filed suit against Ms. Gibson to recover the sum it paid her to drop her civil suit. The Los Angeles Superior Court judgment now entered in LBUSD's favor against Ms. Gibson (by default since LBUSD says she remains in hiding) includes the $750,000 that the school district paid Ms. Gibson to settle her civil suit, plus attorneys' fees, plus interest and plus $1 million in punitive damages.

"The court recognizes that our school district was a victim in this case," said LBUSD Superintendent Chris Steinhauser in a statement. "This judgment demonstrates that when people attempt to defraud our school system, they will feel the full force of the law."

The judgment enables LBUSD to pursue recovery of the judgment sum from Ms. Gibson's future wages and property.