The family of a teenage girl who died in 2019 after drowning in an Oregon pool has filed a wrongful death lawsuit.

Nabila Maazouz, a 14-year-old freshman at Oregon Episcopal School and member of the Liberty High School swim team, was found dead under a pool cover on Nov. 20 following practice, according to the complaint filed in Multnomah County Circuit Court by her family's attorney.

Per the instructions of the team's head coach, on the night of Nov. 20, a group of swimmers, including Nabila, swam underneath the pool covers as they were rolled over the pool, according to the complaint.

"The swim team members swam under the second cover but Nabila Maazouz did not resurface. The other swimmers continued to cover the pool, without noticing Nabila Maazouz's disappearance. Once the pool was completely covered, the swimmers and coaches left the outdoor pool and the lights were turned off," the complaint states.

After watching other members of the swim team leave that night, Patricia Maazouz, who was waiting to pick up her daughter, approached coaches and pool staff, the suit says. Following a search, Nabila was found under the covers in the deep end of the pool.


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