WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a case related to the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy settlement and the appeal from a group of childhood sex-abuse victims.
The Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy in 2020 after spending millions to settle abuse lawsuits from 2017 to 2019. A federal bankruptcy court in 2022 found a way for the organization to go on and create a fund to pay the victims after the Supreme Court paved the way for the plan.
The appeal came from a group of 75 Scouts of the more than 82,000 who said the Supreme Court should examine the case following a similar case from last term. The victims are opposed to the $2.5 billion settlement plan while some urged the justice not to intervene.
The group opposed to the plan, Scouts based in Guam, wants to be able to sue independent councils that ran Scout programs and other third-party organizations like churches and civil groups, CNN reported.
Under the settlement agreement, those organizations are shielded from future civil lawsuits surrounding the issue.
The settlement reached by the Boy Scouts amounted to one of the largest sums in history involving sexual abuse. The case was before the Supreme Court for potential review down the line after lower courts upheld the settlement agreement and the decision was appealed.
It was the second time the justices rejected the appeal from the same group of people after they filed an emergency request in 2024, CNN noted.
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