Bradley Asbury, a 70-year-old former YDC house leader, was found guilty in November of holding down Gilpatrick, then 14 years old, in a staircase as two other youth counselors allegedly raped him.

AND LAWMAKERS ALSO DISCUSSED AN AMENDMENT FOR ATTORNEY FEES AND CLAIMANT PAYOUTS OF THE SETTLEMENT FUND TO BE PA Michael Gilpatrick was held at the YDC from 1997 to 2000. He says that while there ...

“There was nobody you could go to at YDC to talk to. You were literally stuck in your own thoughts, in your own fear every single day,” he said in a 2021 interview. “That place turned us ...

Michael Gilpatrick was held at the YDC from 1997 to 2000. He says that while there, he was sexually and physically abused. He filed a civil lawsuit against the state, and the trial was scheduled ...

After combing through its books behind closed doors for more than an hour, a legislative budget oversight group gave the YDC abuse claims fund an infusion of $5 million. That’s only a third of ...

State lawmakers from both parties are condemning comments made by House Finance Committee Chair Ken Weyler about victims of abuse at the state's Youth Development Center. During a budget meeting ...

Two recent lawsuits support both of Formella’s arguments for the settlement fund. A jury awarded one YDC victim $38 million in May, though the Attorney General’s Office is challenging the ...