Katie Shipp, Pennsylvania When the statute of limitations is not an issue, cases involving sexual abuse that happened long ago can still raise significant barriers for victims. Locating evidence is often challenging. Witnesses, or people the victim told about the…
Michigan State’s Nassar Settlement Could Set A Troubling First Amendment Precedent
But even if this condition will have little to no impact on the survivors, it’s both telling and troubling that MSU would even try to put this on the table. James Marsh, an attorney for victims of sexual abuse and…
Nassar bills expected to change regardless of MSU deal
The settlement agreement requiring victims to drop support of certain bills was “extraordinary” as it allows one branch of government to demand citizens not engage in advocacy protected by the First Amendment, said James Marsh, an attorney whose White Plains,…
Transparency needed in GCCC cheer coach probe
I read with interest your articles about the abrupt resignation of the cheerleading coach at GCCC, and allegations of the college’s years-long apathy in the face of multiple complaints by cheerleaders of sexual harassment. Title IX, the federal statute mandating…
Settlement reached between former professor, victims depicted in child porn
ERIE — An undisclosed settlement has been reached in the federal civil suit between a former award-winning college professor from Meadville convicted on child pornography charges and the eight victims depicted in the pornography authorities found on his computers. In…
James R. Marsh Appointed to Blue Ribbon Commission Examining the Larry Nassar Scandal
In Aftermath of Larry Nassar Case, Blue Ribbon Commission of National Experts Launched to Examine Failure of Institutions to Protect Youth Athletes “Game Over: Commission to Protect Youth Athletes,” Funded in Large Part by $300,000 Investment from the Foundation for…