In Today's News: Man Files Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Against Harvard
Man accuses Harvard of brushing aside sexual abuse claims
By Peter Schworm, GLOBE STAFF
July 12, 2012
Original article here
Four years ago, the memories came rushing back, an avalanche of horrifying images that shattered the life Stephen Embry had known.
He doubted them at first, but came to realize what he knew as the truth. He had been sexually abused as a boy.
“Suddenly, something snapped, and everything came back,” he said. “I wished it never had. It was like a reel, playing over and over.”
On Wednesday, Embry filed a sexual abuse lawsuit against Harvard University, contending he was repeatedly molested by a swimming coach at the campus from 1969 to 1972. The alleged abuse began when Embry, now 55, was barely 12.
Embry, along with his lawyer, Carmen Durso, who often represents victims of sexual abuse, also asserts that Harvard misled him about the statute of limitations on abuse claims, and failed to disclose a previous claim brought in 1996 against the university and the swimming…
July 12, 2012
Original article here
Four years ago, the memories came rushing back, an avalanche of horrifying images that shattered the life Stephen Embry had known.
He doubted them at first, but came to realize what he knew as the truth. He had been sexually abused as a boy.
“Suddenly, something snapped, and everything came back,” he said. “I wished it never had. It was like a reel, playing over and over.”
On Wednesday, Embry filed a sexual abuse lawsuit against Harvard University, contending he was repeatedly molested by a swimming coach at the campus from 1969 to 1972. The alleged abuse began when Embry, now 55, was barely 12.
Embry, along with his lawyer, Carmen Durso, who often represents victims of sexual abuse, also asserts that Harvard misled him about the statute of limitations on abuse claims, and failed to disclose a previous claim brought in 1996 against the university and the swimming…