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Floridians who may have been sexually abused in New York State will want to know about the extension of a law.
The Child Victims Act, passed in 2019 in New York State, allows people who were sexually abused to file civil charges against their abuser even if the statute of limitations for that particular crime has run out.
PHOENIX â On Sept. 15, 2020, four women, all former 1970s-era Phoenix middle and high school students, filed a civil sexual abuse lawsuit against the Phoenix Central School District in state Supreme Court.
They accused the district of failing to protect them from three teachers who allegedly abused them in ways ranging from inappropriate touching to forcible rape. They further allege that it is very probable district administrators and other employees of the district knew of this behavior and did nothing to prevent it or stop it.
The three alleged perpetrators are not named as defendants in the lawsuit. Attorney Mollie Cearley, of the Marsh Law Firm representing the women, explained that âultimately at the end of the day, itâs the district who was responsible for protecting these students, and it was the district that then for years and years turned a blind eye to the pain of these students.â