The city of Santa Monica has announced it is paying more money to settle claims after a former employee of its Police Activities League allegedly molested more than two hundred children. The settlements now total more than $230 million.
The settlements total nearly $230 million now, but survivors and attorneys say the city has not been held accountable. They question how Santa Monica and its police department allowed 229 children to be abused right under their noses for more than a decade.
He and 228 other victims have now settled with the city for alleged abuse that began in the late 1980s and continued into the early 2,000s.Sign up for NBC LA newsletters.
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