Lawsuit: Washington Department of Social And Health Services
“Siblings who say they were tortured, beaten and sexually abused in foster homes when they were children have sued the state of Washington, arguing that the abuse continued despite multiple reports of mistreatment.
The siblings are identified by their initials in the lawsuit: M.M.A., M.A. and A.A.
Their lawsuit doesn’t give an exact time line of the abuse or indicate how old they are now, but it says at least some of the abuse happened in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when the siblings were placed in foster homes by the state Department of Social and Health Services.
“Despite a number of referrals, complaints, and reports to DSHS indicative of abuse and neglect, including specific disclosures by the siblings indicating that abuse was taking place, DSHS failed to investigate in most instances, and when an investigation did occur, DSHS failed to do so with ordinary and reasonable care,” according to the lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages.
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