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May 22, 2025 – A now-defunct youth drug rehabilitation program subjected a budding hip-hop artist to years of abuse in the early 1990s, derailing what his attorneys describe as a promising music career, according to a lawsuit. New arrivals, called “newcomers,” were reportedly forced to sit in silence for hours, chant confessions, and participate in violent “rap sessions”.
Doe alleges he was routinely restrained in painful “five-point holds,” during which he was groped and sexually assaulted.
The abuse allegedly extended beyond the facility to so-called “host homes,” where children were sent to sleep under the supervision of senior program participants and staff.
These homes, the lawsuit claims, were outfitted with barred windows and locks to prevent escape and became additional sites of sexual abuse.
