County Approves $7.5 Million Settlement Over Ex-Deputy Sex Abuse

County will pay $7.5 million settlement to girls sexually abused by sheriff's deputy

The $7.5-million settlement comes months after Sean Essex was sentenced to 40 years in prison.

Bay Shore school board to vote on sex-abuse settlement agreements totaling $35M, official says

The agreements are for cases brought by former students who allege they were sexually abused decades ago by teacher Thomas Bernagozzi.

LA County Considers $7.5M Settlement Over Ex-Deputy Sex Abuse

The Board of Supervisors Tuesday is expected to approve a proposed $7.5 million settlement of a lawsuit filed against the county and a now-imprisoned former sheriff’s deputy who pleaded no contest to sexually abusing three daughters of a woman he previously dated. Sean Essex was sentenced in June to 40 years in state prison after pleading no contest to sex-related charges. He had been a sheriff’s deputy for 22 years before he was arrested in Apr…