BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) — A former teacher at New Hampshire’s youth detention center testified Monday that she reported suspicious bruises on at least half a dozen teenage boys in the 1990s, including the former resident who filed a landmark lawsuit against the state. Brenda Wouters, who taught social studies at the Sununu Youth Services Center for 35 years, was the final witness called by David Meehan, who is seeking to hold the state accountable for physical, sexual and emotional abuse he says he suffered as a teen. Since he went to police in 2017, 11 former state workers have been arrested, and more than 1,100 former residents of the Manchester facility have filed lawsuits alleging six decades of abuse. Wouters, who retired in 2022, said during the civil trial that she remembered Meehan growing sullen and withdrawn during his three years at what was then called the Youth Development Center. He had a black eye twice, she said. Another time, she asked him to lift up his shirt after she caught a glimpse of bruising and saw a “rainbow” of bruises along his torso. |
Thrifty Asian Games puts spring in the step of rural studentsZheng Qinwen stopped in U.S. Open quarterfinals, Wang Xinyu into doubles semisIn pics: sailing race at 19th Asian GamesRow erupts over bizarre claim William Shakespeare's works could have been written by a WOMANNew Godzilla x Kong film continues to lead China box officeFBI opens criminal investigation into Baltimore bridge collapse, AP source saysEU releases blocked funds of $6.7 billion to Poland as part of its postFor Chinese youngsters, reading is the new social networking: surveyVolleyball ignites latest rural sports passion on China's tropical islandTraditional Ewenki handicrafts hot souvenirs amid thriving winter tourism