Santa Monica will pay $122.5 million to 124 people who alleged they suffered sexual abuse as children at the hands of a former city employee who killed himself after he was charged with various molestation counts.
Santa Monica will pay $122.5 million to 124 people who alleged they suffered sexual abuse as children at the hands of a former city employee.Santa Monica will pay $122.5 million to 124 people who alleged they suffered sexual abuse as children at the hands of a former city employee who volunteered with the Police Activities League, attorneys said Wednesday.
The plaintiffs say Uller sexually abused them as children when he volunteered with the Police Activities League. "I go days without sleeping due to these nightmares. I wake up sweating," he said. "All my loved ones wondered why I was so angry. I couldn't tell them though. I couldn't say nothing." Attorney Brian Claypool, who represented many of the plaintiffs suing the city, held a news conference in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday to announce the settlement.
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