Boy Scouts seek bankruptcy under wave of new sex abuse lawsuits

[RandySF]

he Boy Scouts of America, one of the nation’s oldest and largest youth organizations, filed for bankruptcy protection late Monday as legal claims by former Scouts of past sexual abuse continue to mount.

The Scouts’ Chapter 11 petition, filed in Bankruptcy Court in Delaware, comes amid declining membership and a wave of new sex-abuse lawsuits after several states, including California, New York and New Jersey, recently expanded legal options for childhood victims to sue.

California’s law, AB 218, took effect in January and, among other provisions, opens a three-year “lookback window” for victims to sue for damages on claims previously barred by statutes of limitation. It also relaxes age restrictions on filing claims, giving victims until age 40 or five years after they become aware of injury caused by abuse.



https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-02-17/boy-scouts-bankruptcy%3f_amp=true

[mopinko]

1. when there are law firms hawking their services to sue you, yeah, throw in the towel.

if only we could bankrupt the churches.

[RandySF]

2. I'm aiming for the NRA.

[Hekate]

3. A sad end for Robert Baden-Powell's brain child. I hope these men get the justice they seek.

[sheshe2]

4. How fugging depressing is this.

The boy scouts of america....sorry I can't capitalize america.

They were abused. We have lost our soul.

Jim, Jim Jordon do you have a comment? I know they were a tad older, yet young boys.

[stopbush]

5. Good riddance to bad company.