Australian Football Club Western Bulldogs must pay compensation in the amount $3.8 million Adam Neil for failing to take the necessary measures to protect him from child abuseThis was reported this Thursday by judicial sources.
Jury members Supreme Court of Victoria In their verdict they stated that there was “negligence» from Western Bulldogs (also known as Footscray Football Club) as they didn’t interfere Adam Neal suffer from these abuses, according to a source in the court, told the agency EFE.
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After the verdict the judge Melinda Richards ordered the club to pay a million dollar amount, which was considered Highest compensation awarded in Australia victim of pedophilia. Richards stated:
The money will compensate for pain, suffering, loss of income and medical expenses associated with this attack.
Neil was raped between 1984 (when he was twelve years old) and 1990 on club grounds Graham Hobbswho was coach of suburban team Footscray and a prominent fundraiser for the club.
The plaintiff argued that the club was vicariously liable for this sexual abuse because it allowed Hobbs, who died in 2009, to have special access to minors and the Western Bulldogs’ athletic facilities.
In addition, the victim, now 51, made other financial claims in a claim filed with Australian justice last year, believing that The Western Bulldogs did not approach him when the rape became public in the 1990s.
At trial, Neil claimed that shortly after the rape advanced addictions, post-traumatic stress, depression and anxietya situation that prevented him from reaching his full potential in his work.
In 1993, Neal reported Hobbs to Victoria Police, who began a trial that ended with her attacker and another man jailed for various crimes, including being part of a network that passed the plaintiff on to other pedophiles so they could too. insult him.
The following year, Hobbs pleaded guilty to raping Neal, although the Western Bulldogs denied knowledge of the crime, according to the agency. AARP.
The club issued a statement regarding the recent court case related to historical abuse.
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(according to information from EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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