Campbell Hall Settles Byron Scott Suit; Trial Still On

Who settled—and who did not

Campbell Hall has reached a confidential settlement with plaintiff Hayley Dylan. That resolution removes the school from the active trial alignment, but it does not resolve Dylan’s civil claims against former Lakers player and coach Byron Scott. Scott remains the sole defendant scheduled for a jury trial on Sept. 8, 2026, in Van Nuys.[1]

The distinction matters because describing the action simply as “settled” gives the wrong procedural answer. One defendant resolved the claims against it; the other has not. Nothing in the reported school settlement cancels Scott’s jury setting or converts the contested allegations against him into adjudicated findings.

The action concerns Dylan’s sexual-assault allegations against Scott and related claims involving Campbell Hall. Those allegations remain allegations unless admitted or established through adjudication. The school’s confidential settlement does not, by itself, establish liability for either Campbell Hall or Scott.

The settlement moved through distinct procedural stages

At an Aug. 5 hearing before Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lee S. Arian, Campbell Hall attorney Eugene Egan announced that the school had reached a tentative settlement with Dylan. A request for court approval was expected to follow. The later reported posture was that Campbell Hall had reached a confidential resolution, with the settlement amount placed under seal until the conclusion of Scott’s trial.[1]

Those stages should not be collapsed. The announcement at the hearing described a tentative agreement, not an immediately final disposition. The subsequent report of a confidential resolution supplies the later status. Neither stage indicates that Scott joined the agreement.

The settlement-offset issue remains pending

The school’s departure does not eliminate every procedural consequence of its settlement. The court still faces a dispute over how the Campbell Hall resolution may be treated in connection with Scott’s trial, including the claimed settlement offset. That issue concerns the mechanics of the remaining action; it is not a ruling that an offset has already been granted or denied.

The sealed amount prevents a reliable calculation from the public information presently available. It also makes predictions about the practical effect of any offset premature. Until the court rules, the accurate status is limited: the parties contest the issue, and its treatment remains pending.

Sealing is a separate live question

The reported settlement amount is under seal until Scott’s trial concludes.[1] That is a defined current restriction, not permission to estimate the payment from the allegations, the parties’ identities, or the fact of settlement.

Questions concerning what additional material should remain sealed are still contested. A request to seal a record is not the same as an order granting the request, and the present materials do not support predicting how the court will resolve that dispute.

As of Aug. 27, 2026, the operative posture is narrow but clear: Campbell Hall has settled confidentially; the amount remains sealed until the conclusion of Scott’s trial; Scott is the sole defendant still set for a Sept. 8 jury trial; and the settlement-offset and record-sealing questions remain pending.

References

1. Byron Scott, Lakers player and coach, to face civil trial over 1987 sexual assault; Campbell Hall settles with Hayley Dylan, Los Angeles Times, Aug. 26, 2026.