What a New State Law Could Do for Sexual Assault Survivors
SlateIf you are a woman who has been sexually assaulted, or is fighting off internet trolls, or if you have an ex threatening to share intimate photos they took of you, there is one person you want to find: Carrie Goldberg. Mary Harris: New York’s Adult Survivors Act uses something called a “lookback window”—a yearlong suspension of the civil statute of limitations—to allow people who may have been assaulted a long time ago the chance to go to the courts and demand compensation. It’s similar to what many states have done for survivors of child sexual abuse, but New York is only the second state to extend this opportunity to people over the age of 18. But creating a new way for survivors to file civil lawsuits seems to me like it doesn’t fix one of the fundamental problems here—the problem that police are not bringing abusers to justice necessarily, right? When New York passed the Adult Survivors Act, Carrie Goldberg had some decisions to make: about how she’d promote her law firm but also about how she’d move forward herself.
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Celebrities, politicians among those named in sex abuse suits filed under NY’s Adult Survivors Act
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Sexual Abuse Lawsuits Stream In Before New York's Adult Survivors Act Expires
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The Adult Survivors Act, soon to expire, launched over 2,500 sex abuse suits
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New York lawmaker accused of rape in lawsuit filed under state's expiring Adult Survivors Act
The IndependentThe Adult Survivors Act launched over 2,500 sex abuse suits. Now, it’s expiring
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New York opens window for adults to sue for sexual assault
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Adult sex abuse survivors win 2nd chance to sue in New York
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Unclear fate for bill to give abuse survivors chance to sue
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NY bill would give sexual abuse survivors new chance to sue
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Adult Victims Of Childhood Sex Abuse In New York Can Sue Alleged Abusers
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