The first trial begins for over 1,000 lawsuits accusing New Hampshire's youth detention center of sexual, physical, and emotional abuse. The lead plaintiff, David Meehan, claims he was treated as a 'sex slave and a punching bag' during his time at the facility.
by HOLLY RAMER | Associated PressFILE - David Meehan, lead plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit accusing the State of New Hampshire of covering up decades of sexual, physical and emotional abuse at its youth detention center , poses for a photo outside his lawyer's office in Portsmouth, N.H., Friday, Jan. 10, 2020.
In the seven years since Meehan went to police, the state has launched an unprecedented criminal investigation into the facility, which was built in the 1850s as a “house of reformation” and is now called the Sununu Youth Services Center, after former Gov. John H. Sununu, the father of the current governor. Eleven former state workers face criminal charges, and dozens more are accused in the nearly 1,200 lawsuits former residents have filed against the state.
David was reduced to the status of a child sex slave and a punching bag at YDC in the care of the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services,” Attorney David Vicinanzo said Tuesday. “The evidence that you will hear will be that the ruining of David's life came from the top of YDC, from the top of DHHS, a place filled with nepotism, obsessed with protecting staff from any culpability, and a corrupt and violent culture that they created.
Meehan's lawyers countered that he entered the facility a “slight, short and scared” kid, and left it as a shattered young man who has struggled ever since. He is married and has three children, but spent years addicted to drugs and has often been out of work.The lawsuit seeks at least $1.9 million for past and future lost income, plus compensation for pain and suffering, permanent impairment and loss of quality of life.
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