CLAYTON COUNTY — A lawsuit was filed in Clayton County about sex abuse that officials say happened at a youth shelter.
More than two dozen defendants were named in a racketeering lawsuit claiming sex abuse happened at the Rainbow House youth shelter in Jonesboro.
Attorney Bryan Sutlive is representing a girl who was 13 when the state placed her at Rainbow House in the spring of 2022.
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“She was held there for nearly four months,” Sutlive said. “She was sexually and physically abused on an almost daily basis.”
A former Rainbow House employee is in prison after being accused of raping another girl who lived there.
Rainbow House closed its doors.
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