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Nov 22, 2024 | 
nhpr.org | Jason Moon
Jury deliberations began Friday in the trial of Bradley Asbury, 70, a former state employee who stands accused of acting as an accomplice in the rape of a 14-year-old boy at the state’s juvenile jail – then known as the Youth Development Center (YDC) – in the late 1990s.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
nhpr.org | Jason Moon
A trial about justice for the rape of a child, or a trial about money the alleged victim is seeking in a separate civil lawsuit. Those were the two perspectives offered to jurors in opening statements in the sexual assault trial of Brad Asbury, 70, a former youth counselor and house leader at the state’s juvenile jail once known as the Youth Development Center (YDC).
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Nov 17, 2024 | 
sentinelsource.com | Jason Moon
Attorneys for David Meehan are asking the state Supreme Court to help settle a months-long legal battle over whether a historic $38 million verdict for child abuse at the state’s juvenile jail will be capped at $475,000.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
nhpr.org | Jason Moon
Attorneys for David Meehan are asking the state Supreme Court to help settle a monthslong legal battle over whether a historic $38 million verdict for child abuse at the state’s juvenile jail will be capped at $475,000.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
nhpr.org | Jason Moon
A judge declared a mistrial Tuesday after a jury deadlocked on whether Victor Malavet was guilty of repeatedly raping a teenage girl in 2001 while he worked as a counselor at a state-run youth detention facility. Malavet was facing 12 counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault; each count carried a sentence of up to 10 to 20 years in prison.
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Aug 30, 2024 | 
sentinelsource.com | Jason Moon
Jury deliberations are underway in the criminal trial of Victor Malavet, 62, who stands accused of repeatedly raping a then-16-year-old girl in 2001 while he worked as a youth counselor at a state-run juvenile detention facility. Prosecutors cast Malavet as a predator who “took what he wanted from a child” when he allegedly raped Natasha Maunsell, 39, several times while she was detained at the former Youth Detention Services Unit (YDSU) in Concord more than 20 years ago.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
nhpr.org | Jason Moon
Jury deliberations are underway in the criminal trial of Victor Malavet, 62, who stands accused of repeatedly raping a then-16-year-old girl in 2001 while he worked as a youth counselor at a state-run juvenile detention facility. Prosecutors cast Malavet as a predator who “took what he wanted from a child,” when he allegedly raped Natasha Maunsell, 39, several times while she was detained at the former Youth Detention Services Unit (YDSU) in Concord more than 20 years ago.
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Aug 27, 2024 | 
nhpr.org | Jason Moon
The accuser in the first criminal trial connected to the YDC abuse scandal described being raped as a teenager by a former state employee several times in 2001. She told jurors: “I remember having this gut-wrenching feeling that this is never going to end.”Natasha Maunsell testified for several hours Tuesday in the high-profile criminal trial of Victor Malavet, 62.
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May 9, 2024 | 
nhbr.com | Jason Moon
Meehan’s attorneys celebrated what they called 'the largest civil jury verdict in the history of the state of New Hampshire.' Jurors in Rockingham County on Friday found the state of New Hampshire enabled child abuse at the former Youth Development Center. After deliberating for approximately three hours, the jury awarded the plaintiff, David Meehan, $38 million in damages — however, the state claims the amount Meehan actually receives will be capped.
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May 7, 2024 | 
nhpr.org | Jason Moon
Sexual assault charges against Frank Davis, one of 11 former state employees criminally charged over alleged child abuse at state-run youth detention facilities, were dismissed on Tuesday. The news comes following a hearing in Hillsborough North Superior Court where a judge ruled Davis is not competent to stand trial, according to a source present during the proceeding. A spokesperson for the court confirmed the charges against Davis have been dismissed.
