Suit against juvenile facility settled
Topeka ? A lawsuit alleging a Topeka juvenile correctional facility’s insufficient staffing allowed a 12-year-old resident to be repeatedly raped has been settled out of court, an attorney for the boy said Monday.
Attorney Patrik Neustrom said he couldn’t elaborate on the terms of the agreement reached a few weeks ago with the owners of Forbes Juvenile Attention Center.
The initial complaint had sought $75,000.
Officials at FJAC’s parent company, Clarence M. Kelley Juvenile Justice Resources, didn’t return requests seeking comment.
Meanwhile, a criminal case against the then-15-year-old boy accused in the incident will return to court Jan. 14, said Don Troth, Shawnee County District Court administrator. At that time, the court will decide whether to move his case into the adult system.




