Sens. Alex Padilla and Laphonza Butler called longstanding allegations of sexual abuse ‘deeply disturbing,’ saying they raise questions about Department of Justice monitoring.
U.S. Sens. Alex Padilla and Laphonza Butler are demanding the federal Department of Justice intervene to address a litany of sexual abuse allegations and other wrongdoing in Los Angeles County’s juvenile camps.alleging they were sexually abused or harassed while in custody in the county’s juvenile facilities. The allegations date back as far as 1972.
The process, originally supposed to take four years, dragged out for more than six before the DOJ declared the county in compliance in February 2015. The letter requests the DOJ, within the next 30 days, provide the senators with all evidence supporting “the DOJ’s determination that the Camps complied with the terms of the MOA,” what it has done since then to hold the county accountable, and what it “can, and will,” do in response to the new allegations.
Most of the allegations came about as a result of the passage of the Child Victims Act. The law, in effect since 2020, allows the victims of childhood sexual assault to sue up to the age of 40, and allowed those over 40 to sue during the first three years of the act’s passage.Last year, Los Angeles County CEO Fesia Davenport estimated the county could be forced to pay $1.
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