![]() ![]() Orange County says it has had nine such claims. A spokesperson for Riverside County says it has had 13 cases associated with the Child Victims Act. Veteran sex abuse attorneys are calling for an outside investigation, saying that not even they realized the full scope of the alleged abuse taking place in county facilities.Įxperts say the volume is unlike anything they’ve heard of in local government. The county is gearing up to litigate the cases, bringing on 11 law firms to work through the claims - many of which they can’t investigate, they say, because they no longer have the relevant records. County officials predicted that they may be forced to spend between $1.6 billion and $3 billion to resolve roughly 3,000 claims of sexual abuse that allegedly took place in the county’s foster homes, children shelters, and probation camps and halls dating to the 1950s. Two weeks ago, in an otherwise dry budget document, county officials delivered figures that stunned even some of the most seasoned California sex abuse attorneys. ![]()
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