Eagle1993

Kosnoff is reporting a slew of texts and has a media coordinator. It appears they will be working on going out to local media (and in some cases national).

Per Maria Chutchian (Reuters Bankruptcy reporter) Judge Silverstein said that individual claimants will have the opportunity to raise any concerns they have about the plan during a January trial if they would like.

Or 1,920 trees ... but I digress.

Here is another https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2019/09/07/boy-scout-leader-ronald-rowcliffe-has-faced-child-sex-abuse-allegations-before/2245186001/ This one is interesting as the man was charged in court in 2000 over abusing teenagers but got a plea deal. That was an a leader of an Explorer unit ... so how could the BSA let him still be a leader in 2018/2019? This man pled guilty in 2020 to CSA at a scout camp. So ... multiple red flags over several years including one within the BSA. I think this is where there are questions if BSA can really h

I think this is difficult to answer as many victims may not indicate the abuse until years later. Here is an example: https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/crime/byers-beat/interview-with-parents-of-victims-former-boy-scout-leader/63-4b5013af-4d8b-4164-a92d-78bdd5093eeb

I actually expect COs to become the target of future lawsuits. I think the weakest link we have is the approval of adult leaders. In some cases, I would not be surprised to see adults working with units beyond 72 hours and are not registered leaders. In other cases, they are registered ... but remember the only signature on the form for unit leaders is the COR. So the COR will be brought into court and asked what he/she did to review/approve the leader (call references, etc.). In many cases, I expect COs could be found negligent in their role in youth protection under the current BSA syste

Agenda for today's hearing released. See below. Debtors’ Motion For Entry of Order (I) Scheduling Certain Dates and Deadlines in Connection with Confirmation of the Debtors Plan of Reorganization, (II) Establishing Certain Protocols, and (III) Granting Related Relief (D.I. 2618, filed 4/15/21). https://casedocs.omniagentsolutions.com/cmsvol2/pub_47373/48fd773c-aa99-43cc-ad9e-ccd83cd9e142_6475.pdf

Brutal article in the Seattle Times. I wouldn’t be surprised to see this repeated nationwide. The payouts are so low … then simply show how much assets the councils are keeping. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/times-watchdog/bsa-settlement-proposal/ A rape claim against the Boy Scouts might entitle a survivor to as little as $3,300 under a nationwide proposal filed in court Tuesday. It’s painful to see,” said Jason Amala, a Seattle-based lawyer whose team represents more than 1,000 claimants, including Thurman and about 50 survivors from Washington. “

I volunteered for GSUSA and 100% agree. I was told I could run cookie sales & I declined. At overnights, I have never heard of a man attending. I know one dad that attended an overnight and he had to sleep in his car in the parking lot far away from the girls. My son is also involved with NICA. The adults go through training on youth protection and ensure 2 deep and no one on one. Overnights, parents attend and camp with their kids. BSA seems to be unique to have 11 - 13 year olds (the prime years of abuse) to be without parents camping with adult males. I believe today w

This topic is all over the place. That said, the BSA hasn’t listed it’s board for years … well before this bankruptcy. I expect other reasons are driving that. (I do agree that BSA should be listing their board).

Honestly, if he wants a big payout he should just ask to be part of the mediation meetings, sell out the remaining clients and then ask to be paid by BSA for selling them out. Oh, wait, the coalition already took that path.

Lonnie was the sole individual who objected to some other settlements. He was in court and talked through his reasoning. The judge was impressed and thanked him. She said that even though she rules against him she finds it helpful to have claimants present and giving voice to their cause and asked him to keep it up.

With 2 or 3 signatures?

Tanc submits request for discovery in t-minus 10, 9, 8, 7...

I believe tomorrow is the big day in court where the ballot and schedule will be approved, is that correct?

https://casedocs.omniagentsolutions.com/cmsvol2/pub_47373/2e1a8c44-7812-46a0-8a93-5aa5621dc7b2_6431.pdf This is the latest disclosure. Right now, claims inside the statute of limitations are considered open states (regardless of what state it occurred in). The references you see to grey states are for those claims outside the SOL. This is definitely not legal advice, as @CynicalScouter stated we do our best to talk general aspects of the bankruptcy but cannot give legal advice in specific cases.

@klleboewelcome to scouter.com. I'm so sorry about your son and hope he can recover from this traumatic experience.

I see no way this flys. During the hearing there were several discussions about discovery. The plan hasn’t been confirmed. How can they have a confirmation hearing without this discovery?

That is garbage. Even the judge stated she needed to get through the disclosure so she could move on to discovery. Will be interesting to see how she rules.

Huge news if true. So will the $3500 quick pay be reduced based on state?

The reporter has been following the case and the only questionable thing I see is that $19 comment. The truth is that BSA is asking claimants to settle for far less than the average Catholic Church payout of $268K per abuse claim. They can try to put lipstick on this pig, it’s still a pig. The question is if that pig can get better if the deal is rejected.

Per USA Today… For example, survivors who experienced abuse that did not involve touching, such as being forced to watch porn by a Scout leader, could receive as little as $19. I think these people could still take the $3500 payout, correct? It seems like $3500 would be the floor.

But during Rothweiler's cry fest, he said he represented 16,000. I wonder if BSA is using that 16,000 number instead of the 3,054. If that is the case, they are under 67%.

I did a bit of digging and found that Big Brothers & Big Sisters do more vetting of volunteers than BSA. First .. they require their professional staff to interview volunteers prior to approval. BSA outsources this work to COs. Second .. they require their volunteers to have monthly meetings with their professional staff. BSA has volunteers that have never met staff. Third ... my understanding is they review social media accounts of volunteers. BSA doesn't do this at all. Does this make Big Brother & Sisters safer than BSA? I'm not sure ... but I will say