Child Sexual, Physical & Emotional Abuse Lawsuits Hit Romney Money Man

[DeSwiss]

Lawsuits hit a Romney money man

The Hill
By Alexander Bolton
June 20, 2007

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) has collected hundreds of thousands of dollars through the fundraising efforts of a supporter targeted by several lawsuits alleging child abuse. In a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, 133 plaintiffs have alleged that Robert Lichfield, co-chairman of Romney’s Utah finance committee owned or operated residential boarding schools for troubled teenagers where students were “subjected to physical abuse, emotional abuse and sexual abuse.”

The complaint, which plaintiffs amended and resubmitted to the court last week, alleges children attending schools operated by Lichfield suffered abuses such as unsanitary living conditions; denial of adequate food; exposure to extreme temperatures; beatings; confinement in dog cages; and sexual fondling.

A second lawsuit filed by more than 25 plaintiffs in July in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of New York alleges that Lichfield and several partners entered into a scheme to defraud them by operating an unlicensed boarding school in upstate New York. The suit does not allege physical or emotional abuse.

These are two active lawsuits against Lichfield. Several others suits have alleged child abuse on behalf of dozens of plaintiffs, but judges have thrown out the suits for procedural reasons. As a result, the merits of the allegations have not been weighed. In some suits, plaintiffs have settled their cases for undisclosed amounts of money. The allegations could force Romney to re-examine his relationship with his Utah finance co-chairman or put pressure on him to give away the contributions Lichfield helped raise.

more: http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/lawsuits-hit-a-romney-money-man-2007-06-20.html

*** - The Republican Party: The party of warmongers, pedos, child abusers and now drug dealers. All living comfortably under the Christianista tent. So which one is the compassionate conservative???

[Demeter]

1. Is There Where One Says: "Can't Make an Omelet Without Breaking Some Eggs?"

[DeSwiss]

2. According to the Co-defendent in the lawsuit....

...they're all broken eggs:

"World Wide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools (WWASPS), is his co-defendant in several lawsuits and Lichfield sits on its board of directors. The president of WWASPS, Ken Kay, said in an interview the lawsuits are a ploy to get money and dismissed the credibility of former students making allegations.

“Most of them are ludicrous,” Kay said of the claims made against his organization and the boarding schools. “A certain percentage of the kids are never going to be happy. They weren’t happy with public schools, they weren’t happy with law enforcement, and they have a long history of lying, fabricating and twisting the story around to their own benefit. Many of them have done poorly and have filed suits ,” he added. “They have had problem with their families, churches, public schools and outpatient therapy. A large percentage of these kids have been other treatment programs.”

And so like any good defense attorney, they have learned to blame the victims. Sure Ken, of course they're all liars and no-good kids. Why should anyone believe them? And I'm sure the parents got a refund from WWASPS just as soon as you realized that these kids were beyond help.

:sarcasm: