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Jeffrey Buskey Trial Exposes Youth Center Scandal | Lafayette Louisiana News
Jeffrey Buskey, a former youth counselor whose 2019 arrest sparked one of the nation’s biggest youth detention scandals, stands trial in New Hampshire on 21 counts of aggravated sexual assault against four boys at a now-defunct facility in the late 1990s. The case centers on David Meehan, a 14-year-old victim who described the center as “hell” and endured near-daily abuse by Buskey — allegations that led to over 1,100 lawsuits, a $38 million civil award (now contested), and nationwide scrutiny. Meehan, who only came forward in 2017 fearing his own son might be sent there, is expected to…
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