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Los Padrinos · MacLaren · Central $4.8 Billion County Settlement Confidential, Direct to Counsel

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LA County Juvenile Hall & Probation Camp Abuse

The county already
wrote the check.

Los Angeles County has begun paying out a settlement of nearly five billion dollars to survivors who were sexually abused as children inside county juvenile detention, at facilities including Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall, Central Juvenile Hall, MacLaren Children's Center, and the county's probation camps. Roughly eleven thousand people have already come forward. County officials themselves have said publicly that as many as five thousand more claims are still expected. If you spent time in one of these facilities as a minor and were abused by a probation officer, staff member, or another detainee the county failed to protect you from, the fact that a settlement has already been reached does not mean your window has closed. Under Code of Civil Procedure section 340.1, a survivor who is still under forty, or who has only in the last five years come to understand how that abuse has affected them, can still bring a claim today. If the same conduct also continued or occurred after you turned eighteen, a related claim may exist under section 340.16 as well, discussed below. You do not need to have already spoken with anyone else about this. A first conversation is confidential and it is with the attorney directly.

  • Los Padrinos, Central Juvenile Hall, MacLaren, probation campsCal. Code Civ. Proc. § 340.1
  • County settlement already exceeds $4.8 billion~11,000 claims resolved to date
  • Up to 5,000 additional survivors expected to come forwardPer county estimates
  • Still under 40, or within 5 years of connecting the harmNew claims remain viable
Adult Sexual Assault

A closed door
the legislature reopened.

Sexual assault does not end at eighteen, and neither does the law's willingness to hear a survivor's case. Code of Civil Procedure section 340.16 governs civil claims for sexual assault occurring on or after a victim's eighteenth birthday, and gives a survivor ten years from the last assault, or three years from the date the survivor discovers an injury caused by it, whichever comes later. More importantly for many Los Angeles County survivors right now, the legislature has revived claims that would otherwise already be time barred: a claim that expired under the old rules may be commenced between January 1, 2026 and December 31, 2027, particularly where an employer, university, medical provider, or other institution knew about the assault, or about the person who committed it, and covered it up. That window will close. A survivor who was told years ago that it was too late to do anything should ask again before assuming that is still true.

  • Assault at 18 or older, including by a co-worker or providerCal. Code Civ. Proc. § 340.16
  • Institutional cover up revival windowOpen through 12/31/2027
  • Ordinary limitations period10 yrs from assault or 3 yrs from discovery
  • Related claimsWrongful termination · harassment

You do not have
to know everything yet.

A first conversation is confidential, and it is with the attorney, not intake staff. Bring what you know and what you do not. We will tell you plainly whether the law still gives you a path forward.

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