Lawsuit alleges ‘widespread’ abuse at shuttered youth facility operated by man commuted by Trump
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Eight former residents of a youth treatment center that was run by an Arkansas man whose bribery conviction was announcing Trump’s commutation. Suhl’s clemency request had been supported by former Gov. Mike Huckabee.
Attorneys for the residents said they represent at least 30 who have also claimed abuse at the facility. The attorneys said they’re filing additional lawsuits, citing a January 2024 deadline under a recent Arkansas law that extended the statute of limitation on child sex abuse cases.
“Each story is worse than the next,” attorney Martin Gould told reporters in a Zoom call on Tuesday with attorney Josh Gillispie.
The call included audio recordings from two of the plaintiffs discussing the impact the abuse had on them. One of the plaintiffs said the years he spent at the ranch were “the worst, most horrific experiences I can remember.”