A class-action suit filed against the University of California has led to a $73 million settlement agreement with the seven women who filed the suit alleging multiple acts of sexual abuse at the hands of a university gynecologist. Additionally, the settlement makes compensation available to upward of 6,600 additional women seen by the doctor during his time practicing. Under the terms of ...
University of California Settles Sex Abuse Case for $73 Million
Posted December 31, 2020 in Product News and Recalls | Sex Abuse and Trafficking
Sex Abuse Lawsuit Settlements May Bankrupt Boy Scouts by Summer
Posted December 31, 2020 in Product News and Recalls | Sex Abuse and Trafficking
As the Boy Scouts of America work to settle nearly 100,000 claims of sexual abuse of the children under their care, the organization says that they need to settle the claims by this coming summer or they may not be around for the fall.
The number of settlements was finalized last month as a deadline elapsed for those wishing to come forward ...
continue reading...Sex Abuse Allegations Force Bankruptcy Claim by Boy Scouts of America
Posted June 12, 2020 in Product News and Recalls | Sex Abuse and Trafficking
Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy earlier this year in a move that says more about the organization’s commitment to staying open than its commitment to righting the wrongs perpetrated on so many boys and young men by its leaders. As a result of BSA’s Chapter 11 filing, victims and survivors of abuse at the hands of thousands of scout leaders ...
Michigan Woman Alleges Sex Trafficking in Ann Arbor Hotel
Posted April 14, 2020 in Product News and Recalls | Sex Abuse and Trafficking
A Michigan woman has filed a federal lawsuit alleging eight years of sexual abuse and trafficking in an Ann Arbor, Michigan Fairfield Inn. Having been sexually abused by her father throughout her childhood, she was living in an orphanage when her trafficking ordeal started at the age of 17.
As detailed in her complaint, that ordeal included “repeated instances of rape, physical abuse, verbal ...
continue reading...New Lawsuits Shine Disturbing Light on Hotels’ Roles in Sex Trafficking
Posted March 17, 2020 in Product News and Recalls | Sex Abuse and Trafficking
What started as a trickle has become a flood as over 40 new lawsuits have been filed in various federal courts accusing major-name hotel chains of being complicit in human sex trafficking. Hilton, Marriot, Wyndham and more have all been named as defendants as women across the country break their silence and demand to know why hotel staff at these locations ...
Former Glen Mills Schools Students Coming Forward with Sexual Abuse Allegations
Posted February 18, 2020 in Product News and Recalls | Sex Abuse and Trafficking
More than 300 former students of Pennsylvania’s Glen Mills Schools are taking legal action alleging a wide variety of physical, mental, and sexual abuses at the hands of staff members and administrators. And while the Delaware County schools for court-ordered boys is no longer in operation thanks to a 2019 investigation published by The Philadelphia Inquirer, the wounds for the survivors of the abuse ...
