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Lawsuit Claims Brooklyn's Poly Prep Covered Up Sexual Abuse by Iconic Football Coach Foglietta
Nine former students have accused Brooklyn’s elite Poly Prep Country School of covering up prolonged sexual abuse of dozens of players by Phil Foglietta, the once iconic football coach who served from 1966 to 1991. The sexual abuse lawsuit filed in 2009 claims that the school authorities started receiving complaints ever since Foglietta joined as coach, but did not act against him because of successful coaching and fund-raising accomplishments he had at Poly Prep during his four-decade tenure. A similar lawsuit filed against the school in 2004 was dismissed because of the statute of limitations. But the present lawsuit makes an attempt to invoke the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act to bring a claim against the 157-year-old highly admired school.
The nine plaintiffs named in the sexual abuse lawsuit were sexually exploited by Foglietta more than once when they were members of Poly Prep football team between 1966 and 1981. David Hiltbrand, one of the victims, has disclosed to the media how he and a number of other students were sexually assaulted by Foglietta during the shower at the coaches’ locker room. Foglietta worked as both football coach and physical instructor at Poly Prep between 1966 and 1991. He died seven years later. According to the sexual abuse lawsuit, he sexually assaulted hundreds of students in cars, locker rooms, apartments, other places, and on squash courts, but the school authorities covered up complaints and even threatened to expel those who would report abuses.
David Harman, headmaster at Poly Prep, board of trustees, and a number of former present school officials have been named defendants in the sexual abuse lawsuit. The plaintiffs have sought $20 million for each victim in punitive damages and compensation.
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On November 11th, the Michigan Supreme Court upheld a sexual abuse lawsuit verdict by a lower court ordering the Department of Corrections to pay $100 million to 800 victims, who had alleged sexual abuse and harassment by the Oakland County prison staff in 1996. A day before, a Miami jury imposed $100-million fine on a former Roman Catholic priest in a child sexual abuse lawsuit and a young Indianapolis girl moved court against Indiana Swimming, USA Swimming, and Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township, alleging sexual victimization by her coach. Earlier in the month, the entire nation was taken aback when a grand jury indicted Jerry Sandusky, an ex-football coach at Pennsylvania State University, for sexual abuse of eight young boys. The last two months have also witnessed filing of a number of sexual abuse lawsuits against Catholic priests, the Pentagon, universities, and sports bodies.
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Pentagon Faces Lawsuit for Failure to Protect Service Members from Rape in the Military
The Pentagon faces a class-action lawsuit filed by a group of 15 female and two male victims of rape in the military. Attorney Burke has filed the lawsuit in the Eastern District of Northern Virginia on behalf of the plaintiffs on 15 February 2011. The lawsuit names Secretaries of the Department of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld and Robert Gates, for failing in their duty to provide justice to the victims of rape and sexual assault in the military by not investigating cases of rape and sexual assault and thus not prosecuting perpetrators.
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Penn State Sandusky Child Molestation Abuse
An explosive sex abuse scandal and possible cover-up rocked "Happy Valley'' on Saturday when former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, once considered Joe Paterno's heir apparent, was charged with sexually assaulting eight boys over a 15-year period. Among the allegations was a 2002 incident in which a graduate assistant for the team said he saw Sandusky assault a boy in the shower at the Nittany Lions' practice center.
Sandusky retired in 1999 but continued to use the school's facilities for his work with The Second Mile, a foundation he established to help at-risk kids. The state grand jury investigation also resulted in perjury charges against Tim Curley, Penn State's athletic director, and Gary Schultz, vice president for finance and business. The two administrators were accused of failing to alert police - as required by state law - of their investigation of the allegations.
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Former Boston Pediatrician Faces Lawsuit for Sexual Abuse
Dr. Melvin Levine, former chief of pediatrics for Children's Hospital Boston, faces a lawsuit for sexual abuse and medical malpractice in Suffolk Superior Court. The class-action lawsuit seeks unspecified claims for "pain and suffering endured." Children's Hospital Boston is also a defendant in the lawsuit for its negligence to properly supervise its doctor.
A local Boston attorney , while filing the class-action lawsuit on behalf of five child abuse victims, claims that Melvin Levine performed unnecessary examinations of his clients, who were between the ages of 4 and 13 at that time. Seeking class action certification, the lawsuit claims to represent all the children examined by Levine from 1966 to 1985, when he was with the Children’s Hospital Boston. In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs seek damages from Levine for showing carelessness, negligence in their treatment.
The Boston Attorney accuses Melvin Levine of molesting his clients to the extent that most of them are even unable to speak about his illicit acts.
The lawsuit states that the former doctor at the Children's Hospital Boston is guilty of conducting medically unnecessary genital tests of dozens of male patients for nearly a couple of decades. The charges against the pediatrician explicitly mention that he unnecessarily “stroked, massaged, and manipulated” the sexual organs of victims in the name of conducting medical examinations. The lawsuit claims that defendant Levine breached his duty of care to the plaintiffs and failed to fulfill his commitment to his profession of serving his patients.