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And while Attorney General John Formella and the victims’ attorneys agree that John Broderick was the best choice, the attorney representing most of the victims, David Vicinanzo, says the process as written will fail because it is deeply flawed.
October 10, 2022 | https://indepthnh.org/2022/10/10/nh-supreme-court-appoints-broderick-to-administer-100m-ydc-victims-fund/“Rather than forcing victims to choose either accepting a low-ball settlement or pursuing justice through litigation, the process should focus on providing the victims with a true measure of justice outside of litigation that provides just compensation for the grievous harms suffered at the hands of state actors,” Attorneys Rus Rilee and David Vicinanzo, who represent the victims, wrote to Formella.
June 23, 2022 | https://indepthnh.org/2022/06/23/lawyers-for-ydc-abuse-victims-blast-attorney-generals-draft-settlement-proposal-as-a-trap/Jurors made short work of their deliberations, awarding $16 million to sexual abuse survivor Kristy Gesse who they found was raped 106 times after being placed in a group home contracted by the state.
June 30, 2026 | https://indepthnh.org/2026/06/30/jury-awards-saddleback-victim-16-million-for-106-rapes/In fact, DHHS Chief Legal Counsel Frank Nachman testified on Monday that the state found almost no records related to Saddleback, which was shut down in 1993 after Tsetsilas was arrested for kidnapping and raping one of the girls placed in his facility by the state.
June 22, 2026 | https://indepthnh.org/2026/06/22/missing-saddleback-records-questioned-at-sex-abuse-civil-trial/But the stakes in Kristy Gesse’s civil trial, which started Monday in Merrimack Superior Court in Concord, go far beyond the Saddleback Mountain Retreat in Deerfield and owner Peter Tsetsilas.
June 15, 2026 | https://indepthnh.org/2026/06/15/womans-lawsuit-dcyf-knew-about-abuse-at-state-sanctioned-group-home-and-did-nothing/The state says a man who alleges that he was abused while held at Mount Prospect Academy lost his right to seek justice because of the statute of limitations, but the New Hampshire Supreme Court is being asked to allow the lawsuit to go forward.
January 27, 2026 | https://indepthnh.org/2026/01/27/mount-prospect-child-abuse-case-lands-before-nh-supreme-court/Superior Court Judge Daniel St. Hilaire recused himself Monday from hearing a lawsuit YDC victims filed against the state, Gov. Kelly Ayotte and Attorney General John Formella over changes in the YDC Settlement Fund, but not because their attorney filed a motion asking him to disclose whether he applied for a state Supreme Court judgeship.
November 3, 2025 | https://indepthnh.org/2025/11/03/judge-steps-down-from-ydc-victims-suit-against-ayottes-settlement-changes-scolds-their-lawyer/If a Superior Court judge has a conflict of interest that potentially benefits Gov. Kelly Ayotte, the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office doesn’t want anyone to know about it, according to a notice filed this week in a lawsuit brought by survivors of sexual abuse committed by state employees.
October 2, 2025 | https://indepthnh.org/2025/10/02/as-ag-formella-rejects-ydc-settlements-state-objects-to-disclosing-possible-judicial-bias/Survivors of the Sununu Youth Services Center, formerly called YDC, sex abuse scandal are demanding to know if the judge who recently ruled against them is trying to get a new job on the New Hampshire Supreme Court.
October 1, 2025 | https://indepthnh.org/2025/10/01/ydc-victims-demand-to-know-if-judge-is-biased/