There is a reason that Personal Injury lawyers have a certain 'reputation.'
This story underlines it.
California agreed to pay out $4 BILLION to young 'victims of abuse' at various shelters and state-run facilities. So far, so good.
But then the whispers started......
...reports that some plaintiffs fabricated stories of sexual abuse - and sometimes were never even in custody at the facilities.
An LA Times investigation in October found nine people who claimed they were paid small amounts of cash by recruiters to sue the county, claiming they were sexually abused in juvenile halls.
They described how a network of individuals approached them on the street and incentivized them to fabricate stories of sexual abuse within the juvenile justice system in exchange for cash payments ranging from $50 to $200.
Those who spoke to the LA Times said they received the payments when they filed a claim specifically with Downtown LA Law Group, one of the main firms involved in the settlement.
One person even claimed a vendor drove them to the law firm's office and paid them cash after the claim was filed.
Some also said they were plied with scripts about what to tell the attorneys once they agreed to file claim....
You've noticed that local TeeVee stations seem to get a lot of "tips" from lawyers who just happen to have an interest in the story, and often the stories are told with some parts "missing". Often those "missing parts" are important, such as when the "ILLEGAL" word is NOT used when a Tale of Woe comes up over an immigrant.
Some lawyers are evil bastards.
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