A father from Jackson County has filed a lawsuit on behalf of his son, saying that the kid sustained sexual assault during an after-school program in Jackson County the previous year. The case was filed on behalf of the boy.
The youngster, who is only referred to as A.N. in the case, was seven years old at the time that the claimed maltreatment occurred in the year 2023. An adult male allegedly sexually abused the child while he was participating in an after-school program. The boy’s father, who is referred to as J.N. in the lawsuit, was the one who made the allegations.
The lawsuit states that the youngster has stated that the guy sexually abused him by placing his hand on the child’s penis and then exposing his penis to the boy’s body. According to the allegations, the adult was in charge of the after-school program, and the youngster was under his care at the time of the alleged assault.
The boy has been physically, emotionally, and psychologically damaged as a result of the abuse that he endured, according to the attorneys who represent A.N.’s father.
Additionally, the family of the youngster is requesting a minimum of $75,000 in damages.
The legal action was initiated on June 28. The person who is accused of abusing her is not identified in the lawsuit, nor is the after-school program that is said to have been the location of the alleged assault.
Even though the accused abuser was residing in Jackson County at the time of the alleged incident in 2023, the lawsuit suggests that he may no longer be currently residing there.
Lauren Dollar, an attorney from Kansas City who works at Dollar, Burns, Becker, and Hershew, is the one who is representing the youngster who has not been named. Dollar has a background in child sexual abuse cases, having worked as an assistant prosecuting attorney in the special victims unit of the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office. He now focuses on matters involving sexual abuse of children.
Since a case is being established on behalf of the victim, Dollar declined to comment on the matter on Wednesday afternoon, citing time-sensitive legal procedures as the reason for his decision.
Before the age of 18, one in nine girls and one in fifty-three boys were victims of sexual assault at the hands of an adult, as reported by AOL.