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Bergen County Town Facing Lawsuit From Victim Alleging Abuse By Former Athletic Director Bergen County Town Facing Lawsuit From Victim Alleging Abuse By Former Athletic Director
Bergen County Town Facing Lawsuit From Victim Alleging Abuse By Former Athletic Director A newly filed lawsuit by a California man accuses one Bergen County town's athletic director of sexual abuse decades ago. The plaintiff was a minor and had been volunteering in Wyckoff's park and recreation department when Leonard Loran sexually assaulted him between 1980 and 1982, according to the suit filed on Aug. 22 in Bergen County Superior Court. Loran allegedly abused the boy during sponsored township activities: "Loran would use his position as to get Plaintiff alone with him so he could sexually abuse him," the suit says. The abuse happened on properties that were owned, operated o…

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Woman Illegally Strip Searched Repeatedly At Jail In NJ, Lawsuit Says Woman Illegally Strip Searched Repeatedly At Jail In NJ, Lawsuit Says
Woman Illegally Strip Searched Repeatedly At Jail In NJ, Lawsuit Says A woman jailed three times at the Salem County Correctional Facility is the latest person to alleged she was strip searched illegally multiple times at the jail, NJ Advance Media says citing a lawsuit. Ashley Brown was classified all three times between 2021 and 2022 as "at-risk" for self-harm, the outlet says. While in the at-risk unit, Brown was required to wear a special outfit and was housed in a monitored, isolated cell, the suit says. The repeated strip searches were monitored on camera and broadcast to male and female jail staffers in 20 locations across the facility, and as a result…

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by Cecilia Levine