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A lawsuit accuses the founder of Special Olympics Maine of grooming a 9-year-old boy for sexual abuse that spanned two decades in which he encouraged the victim to accompany him on business trips and provided him with employment.
An attorney for an Augusta man said Melvin “Mickey” Boutilier, the founder of Special Olympics Maine, abused his client "dozens if not hundreds of times."
An Augusta man says Melvin "Mickey" Boutilier, who died in 2012, starting abusing him when he was a child in the 1960s.
An Augusta man says Melvin 'Mickey' Boutilier, who died in 2012, starting abusing him when he was a child in the 1960s.
Public institutions, including schools, are immune from lawsuits for the alleged incidents, preventing many from filing civil claims, despite legal reform efforts that have eliminated the statute of limitations. One man who says he was victimized calls it 'another injustice.'