Flood of lawsuits expected as window opens for adult survivors to sue in New York for sexual abuse

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This makes me smile. These victims need to be able to get some justice

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https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/24/us/new-york-adult-survivors-act/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twCNN&utm_term=link&utm_content=2022-11-24T12%3A05%3A58

Adult survivors of sexual abuse now can sue their abusers in New York – even if the statute of limitations on their claims has expired – under a state law that goes into effect Thursday.

The new law gives adult survivors of sexual assault one year to file lawsuits against their perpetrators. It also allows people who were sexually assaulted at work or in the care of an institution like a hospital or jail to sue that entity, said attorney Doug Wigdor, who helped push for the law.

“I think there will be some very interesting cases that come about in the employment cases where powerful men, who were supervising women or overseeing women, sexually assaulted them and they will be able to hold their perpetrator accountable but also their employers,” said Wigdor, who represented women who testified against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, whose convictions in New York for rape and criminal sex act convictions were upheld this year.

One suit filed early Thursday under the new law aims to hold former President Donald Trump accountable for allegedly raping then-magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll in the mid-1990s. Trump has denied the claims.

The new window to sue in New York gives adult sexual assault survivors who may not have been able to process what happened to them more time to seek recourse, said Jane Manning, a former sex crimes prosecutor and now head of the Women’s Equal Justice Project in the state.

[Ocelot II]

1. I wonder if there will be more against TFG?

E. Jean Carroll can't be the only woman in New York he raped or assaulted.