Posted on 07/02/2013 5:45:20 AM PDT by massmike
Three lawsuits brought by men who said a former Elmo puppeteer sexually abused them when they were underage were tossed out by a judge who said in a decision published Monday that the men waited too long to sue.
U.S. District Judge John G. Koeltl said the claims must be barred because they came more than six years after each man reasonably should have realized that the physical and emotional injuries they're suing over were caused by alleged encounters with Kevin Clash. The judge also noted that each man had been over the age of 18 for more than three years before they filed their lawsuits.
In the ruling, the judge said that the time in which someone must bring a lawsuit accumulates after the victimization rather than when the individual realizes subsequent psychological harm. Otherwise, he said, plaintiffs could make claims decades later.
(Excerpt) Read more at bostonherald.com ...
Strange how the same didn’t apply to the priests who did the same acts?.
Agreed.
This ruling is a disgrace that suspiciously smacks of a self-serving conflict of interest of a homo-friendly judiciary.
Have you any knowledge on just how long this particular NY law and statute of limitation has been in effect? Was it enacted by the NY's state legislature or as an EO by a Governor?
Oh yes, I agree. I do not like that limitation though, I think it should be removed.
Sometimes it takes victims of such crimes time to muster the courage needed.
I personally do not have any knowledge of the limitation. I do believe that the limitation should be removed. It seems that such a limitation only serves to help the perp and not the victim, and that does not seem right to me.
I assume you’re talking about one state’s change of limitations as to priests only. Limitations for crimes charged under state law are governed by that state’s law. If a state’s legislative body chooses to lift the statute of limitations and apply it retroactively, while it certainly smacks of ex post facto, that then becomes the law.
As I stated the law is only for the few.
What is the law on the statute of limitations for molestation/sexual abuse?
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Apparently the length of time is directly proportional to the perp’s distance from the Liberal agenda.
Not sure how that tracks with my explanation...
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