The Colorado Supreme Court in June struck down a 2021 law that sought to get around a state constitutional prohibition on reviving civil claims for which the statute of limitations has run out
I hope it doesn’t pass…it’s nearly impossible to argue a case from decades ago with any objectivity…also, these are civil suits, not criminal.
There absolutely nothing stopping me from saying famous person X raped me 30 years ago. Just filing the case is enough to do irreparable harm before any facts are looked at.
Finally…
Until 2022, child sex abuse survivors in Colorado had just six years after they turned 18 to file a lawsuit.
“Just six years” is poorly worded at best. You have until you are 24 to stake a claim. That’s well into adulthood.
Several priests and Trump have been sued successfully and with good reason in New York because they absolutely were guilty of what they did. And 24 is not all that long, especially after surviving trauma, to have the stamina to face your rapist in court.
I hope it doesn’t pass…it’s nearly impossible to argue a case from decades ago with any objectivity…also, these are civil suits, not criminal.
There absolutely nothing stopping me from saying famous person X raped me 30 years ago. Just filing the case is enough to do irreparable harm before any facts are looked at.
Finally…
“Just six years” is poorly worded at best. You have until you are 24 to stake a claim. That’s well into adulthood.
Several priests and Trump have been sued successfully and with good reason in New York because they absolutely were guilty of what they did. And 24 is not all that long, especially after surviving trauma, to have the stamina to face your rapist in court.
Might be a case of hurt the few to protect the many. There are a lot more abuse cases than there are famous people.