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Washington Post
13 hours ago
- Politics
- Washington Post
New Hampshire lawsuit seeks to stop politicization of youth center abuse victims' fund
CONCORD, N.H. — Lawyers representing hundreds of men and woman who claim they were abused at New Hampshire's youth detention center filed a class action lawsuit Friday seeking to prevent the independent administrator of the state's settlement fund for victims from being replaced with a political appointee. Lawmakers created the settlement fund in 2022, pitching it as a 'victim-centered' and 'trauma-informed' alternative to litigation that would be run by a neutral administrator appointed by the state Supreme Court. But the Republican-led Legislature changed that process through last-minute additions to the state budget approved Thursday and signed into law by Gov. Kelly Ayotte on Friday.
Wall Street Journal
16-06-2025
- Business
- Wall Street Journal
Boy Scouts Sex-Abuse Claims Reach $7 Billion, Double Its Estimates
The cost of compensating men who were sexually abused in the Boy Scouts of America has reached over $7 billion, double the amount forecast in the youth group's bankruptcy plan. The figure doesn't include tens of thousands of claims still needing to be reviewed, and a settlement fund established to compensate survivors is warning that they are unlikely to be paid in full, as was once envisioned.
