- Eight men recently filed lawsuits accounts the Boy Scouts for being molested by scout leaders as young boys (1990s).
- The men recounted repeated instances of fondling and forced sex.
- The suit (negligence, fraud, breach of duty) is being filed in Washington DC, where the Boy Scouts are headquartered.
- DC currently has a revival window statute in effect until May 3, 2021 for sexual abuse claims outside of the statute of limitations.
- A recent unrelated lawsuit identified 12,254 Boy Scout victims from 1944-2016.
