Nov. 27, 2010
Starlight Sued by Sexual Assault Victim, Son Following June 2010 Bungalow Avenue Incident
By Tony E. Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Reporter
Huntington, WV (HNN) – An attack on a 36-year-old woman by an alleged mentally incompetent individuals in the Bungalow Avenue of Huntington’s Spring Hill neighborhood has led to a suit against the man’s caregivers. A suit was filed Nov. 4 naming Starlight Behavioral Health Services and Seth Moore (an employee) as defendants.
According to a published account from a June 2010 police report, the man chased the woman to her vehicle and grabbed her neck and breast. (In the same published account, the owner of Starlight claimed that the man had given the woman a “hug”.) However, witness Janice Henry told the Herald Dispatch that the man ran out of the house with his penis exposed and attacked the woman and her teenage son.
The June account stated that there had on multiple occasions with lack of supervision of men under Starlight’s care at the residence. The plaintiff and her son went into counseling.
Filed in Cabell County Circuit Court, the complaint named R.N.M., an incompetent man, as sexually assaulting the Jane Doe plaintiff which was witnessed by her son.
At the time of the incident, Mary Clayborn, Spring Hill Neighborhood Association President, asserted that there were not enough safety precautions in place. However, Starlight owner, Amy Ingles, countered that the neighborhood did not accept people with developmental disabilities living nearby, claiming that neighbors cited obscenities at him.
By contrast, in the published account, Ms. Clayborn stated: "We want accountability from companies who profit from this and apparently cut corners by not having responsible caretakers to watch their clients," Neighborhood association president Mary Clayborn. "We want full disclosure of potentially dangerous clients when they are placed in our neighborhood."
The suit has been filed by Matthew J. Woelfel, whose firm has filed multiple complaints against correctional officers at the state’s regional jails on behalf of current and former female inmates who have allegedly been sexually abused while incarcerated.
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Starlight Sued by Sexual Assault Victim, Son Following June 2010 Bungalow Avenue Incident
By Tony E. Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Reporter
Huntington, WV (HNN) – An attack on a 36-year-old woman by an alleged mentally incompetent individuals in the Bungalow Avenue of Huntington’s Spring Hill neighborhood has led to a suit against the man’s caregivers. A suit was filed Nov. 4 naming Starlight Behavioral Health Services and Seth Moore (an employee) as defendants.
According to a published account from a June 2010 police report, the man chased the woman to her vehicle and grabbed her neck and breast. (In the same published account, the owner of Starlight claimed that the man had given the woman a “hug”.) However, witness Janice Henry told the Herald Dispatch that the man ran out of the house with his penis exposed and attacked the woman and her teenage son.
The June account stated that there had on multiple occasions with lack of supervision of men under Starlight’s care at the residence. The plaintiff and her son went into counseling.
Filed in Cabell County Circuit Court, the complaint named R.N.M., an incompetent man, as sexually assaulting the Jane Doe plaintiff which was witnessed by her son.
At the time of the incident, Mary Clayborn, Spring Hill Neighborhood Association President, asserted that there were not enough safety precautions in place. However, Starlight owner, Amy Ingles, countered that the neighborhood did not accept people with developmental disabilities living nearby, claiming that neighbors cited obscenities at him.
By contrast, in the published account, Ms. Clayborn stated: "We want accountability from companies who profit from this and apparently cut corners by not having responsible caretakers to watch their clients," Neighborhood association president Mary Clayborn. "We want full disclosure of potentially dangerous clients when they are placed in our neighborhood."
The suit has been filed by Matthew J. Woelfel, whose firm has filed multiple complaints against correctional officers at the state’s regional jails on behalf of current and former female inmates who have allegedly been sexually abused while incarcerated.
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