Yankees nice and Baseball Corridor of Famer Mariano Rivera and his spouse Clara are going through a surprising lawsuit alleging the couple coated up the sexual abuse of a minor at their Rye, New York, residence and at a summer time camp related with their church.
The bombshell lawsuit, which was seen by The Publish, was filed final week in State Supreme Courtroom in Westchester County and alleges the Riveras did not act after studying {that a} younger lady linked to their Refuge of Hope church in New Rochelle was sexually abused.
“Our lawsuit alleges that Mariano and Clara Rivera had a duty to protect our client and missed the opportunity to save her from the harms of sexual abuse,” Adam Horowitz of Horowitz Regulation, one of many attorneys representing the sufferer, stated in an announcement supplied to The Publish.
The Publish’s request for remark to a consultant of Rivera relating to the amended criticism went unanswered.
The plaintiff, known as Jane Doe, attended a summer time internship in 2018 at Clara’s suggestion on the Ignite Life Middle in Gainesville, Florida, the place alleged abuse by an older lady, who was a minor on the time, came about.
Doe claims she was repeatedly sexually abused within the camp’s dormitory and bathe, with the older lady “fondling and penetrating” Doe’s breasts, buttocks and genitals.
Mariano and Clara Rivera later traveled right down to the Ignite Life Middle in Gainesville after Jane Doe’s mom expressed “she was concerned for Jane A Doe’s safety at the summer camp,” the swimsuit states.
The mom was stated to have been “assured” that Clara would look into her issues and “respond accordingly.”
Nevertheless, the swimsuit claims, that when the Riveras made the journey, the place they “learned or should have learned information” concerning the sexual abuse happening, they “each separately isolated and intimated Jane Doe to remain silent about her abuse” so as to “avoid causing trouble” for each church organizations.
The swimsuit states the lady returned to New York after the conclusion of the internship and continued to attend companies at Refuge of Hope.
A separate alleged incident of sexual abuse occurred in August 2018 on the Rivera’s then-residence on Brook View Lane in Rye, New York, throughout a barbecue for kids of the Refuge of Hope church, with no mother and father invited to the occasion.
The older lady, who allegedly abused the sufferer earlier that very same 12 months, was invited and “once again sexually abused” Jane Doe “engaging in acts that would constitute a sexual offense under Article 130 of the New York Penal Law,” the swimsuit acknowledged.
The litigation additionally alleges that the lady had been sexually abused by the grownup son of an affiliate pastor on the church.
Ruben Tavarez Jr., the son of Ruben Tavarez Sr., allegedly abused her in or round late 2021 and into 2022 and “continued to contact her to engage in graphic electronic communications,” in accordance with a submit by Horowitz Regulation on its web site.
The Riveras “falsely promoted their activities and premises as being safe, moral, and otherwise free of a risk of harm when it knew or should have known otherwise,” the lawsuit acknowledged.
Rivera pitched for the Yankees from 1995 to 2013 and recorded 652 profession saves whereas successful 5 World Collection titles with the Bronx Bombers.
He was inducted into the Baseball Corridor of Fame in 2019.
In case you or somebody you understand has been affected by any of the problems raised on this story, name the Childhelp Nationwide Youngster Abuse Hotline at 800-4224453 or textual content BEGIN to that quantity.
