Top Democrat Faces Possible Jail Time Over Alleged Sexual Misconduct
A man identified in court records as “John Doe” alleges in a new lawsuit that former New York Rep. Gary Ackerman sexually abused him when he was a teenager.
The plaintiff says Ackerman exploited him in 1966 when the former Democratic congressman was a director at Ten Mile River Scout Camp. The victim, who was 17 at the time, claims Ackerman coerced him into taking a drive and brought him to a secluded back road, where he tried to fondle the boy before forcing oral sex on him.
The suit says Ackerman was a ‘known predator’ and that the Boy Scouts ‘should have known’ he posed a danger to children.
Ackerman’s attorney, Oscar Michelen of Cuomo LLC, stridently denied the allegations in a statement to the AP and said they would “vigorously” seek to have the suit dismissed. “In over 30 years of public service, there has never been any accusation of this kind or indeed of any wrongdoing in the Congressman’s career,” Michelen said.
The Boy Scouts also denies negligence in hiring Ackerman. “Had the national organization been made aware of credible allegations against Mr. Ackerman, we would have acted to remove him from scouting,” the organization said in a statement to the AP.
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I mean it is not like the Boy Scouts doesn’t have and hasn’t had problem with pedophiles it its’ leadership for decades. They are currently trying to deny reams of complaints going back for many years.