Montreal mother says 'everybody knew' basketball coach was abusive, school turned blind eye

Grace Ngoyi signed up her teen daughters for St-Laurent high school's basketball team because it had a great reputation. She said she was quickly disturbed by the coach's behaviour and tried to alert the school.

Grace Ngoyi signed up her teenage daughters for the school's basketball team four years ago because its program had a great reputation, she told CTV News.

But after seeing head coach Daniel Lacasse's methods, she says, she soon began to question how the team was run. 

"Screaming, denigrating, dragging the girls through the mud," she described his approach -- and "everybody knew," she said.

She complained to the school, she said, but Lacasse's behaviour was tolerated because he brought prestige.