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SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR THURSTON COUNTY A.G., A.H., J.R., M.A., N.A., S.H., and T.G. Plaintiffs,
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COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES
v. GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY, a municipal entity;
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Defendant. Plaintiffs allege: I.
INTRODUCTION
This case is about the forgotten youth of Grays Harbor County—children as young as twelve who were incarcerated and sexually abused in the County’s Juvenile Detention Facility (the Facility) during the 1990s and 2000s. The County’s duties were to safely house and care for these kids while providing rehabilitation. Instead, it turned a blind eye to the horrific acts of two of its detention officers, Sean Brown and John Parker, who groomed and sexually abused multiple youth for over a decade in cells, showers, and other areas in the Facility. There is no excuse for the systemic failures and institutional betrayals that led to the unchecked abuse of power these detention officers wielded over their charges. As a result, many
Complaint - 1
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