Es gab bei den Boy Scouts of America über 80k Fälle an sexualisierter Gewalt in den letzen ~60 Jahren. Die Organisation hatte Insolvenz angemeldet, ob der etlichen juristischen Auseinandersetzungen, die erwartet werden. Heute (Montag, 17.11.2020) ist der letzte Tag, an dem Betroffene Entschädigungen geltend machen können.
- AP - About 90K sex abuse claims filed in Boy Scouts bankruptcy
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NEW YORK (AP) — Close to 90,000 sexual abuse claims have been filed against the Boy Scouts of America as the Monday deadline arrived for submitting claims in the organization’s bankruptcy case.
The number far exceeds the initial projections of lawyers across the United States who have been signing up clients since the Boy Scouts filed for bankruptcy protection in February in the face of hundreds of lawsuits alleging decades-old sex abuse by Scout leaders.
“We are devastated by the number of lives impacted by past abuse in Scouting and moved by the bravery of those who have come forward,” the Boy Scouts said in a statement. “We are heartbroken that we cannot undo their pain.”