A lawsuit filed earlier this month pushes the tally to more than 300 plaintiffs who allege they were subjected to a pattern of decadeslong sexual abuse by probation and detention officers at Los Angeles County juvenile camps.
Attorneys for 279 plaintiffs filed a lawsuit on Dec. 20 detailing allegations of unchecked abuse by the L.A. County Probation Department, which operates juvenile detention camps and halls. The recent suit piles on top of a previous complaint from August, which alleged 70 girls were sexually assaulted at several of the same facilities.
“The county has essentially created a safe haven in which these abusers have been able to hunt ... victims in a closed environment much like a bird in a cage,” said the lead lawyer involved in the matter, Douglas Rochen of the ACTS firm. The new lawsuits were made possible by a 2020 state law that allowed a three-year period for individuals to sue over sexual abuse claims from decades ago.
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