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Rebecca Ellis

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Reporter @latimes | rebecca.ellis@latimes.com
Los Angeles, California Joined July 2018
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Two more plaintiffs in LA County's $4 billion sex abuse settlement say they were told to invent their claims in exchange for cash.

“The worse it was the better,” one recalled being told.

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www.latimes.com New fraud claims in L.A. County's $4-billion sex settlement leave victims outraged A law firm involved in L.A. County's $4-billion sex abuse settlement asked for a claim to be dismissed after a Times investigation uncovered two allegations of fraud. Now, two more plaintiffs have...
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California lawmakers are demanding an audit of LA County’s $4-billion sex abuse settlement and a State Bar investigation into a law firm that represents thousands of alleged victims

The call comes after plaintiffs told The Times they were paid to sue

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www.latimes.com Officials demand investigation into claims that plaintiffs were paid to sue L.A. County Officials are voicing outrage after a Los Angeles Times investigation found that some plaintiffs in a sex abuse settlement claimed they received cash to sue L.A. County.
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It's the biggest sex abuse settlement in U.S. history.

Seven people told The Times they were paid to sue.

Some of them say they were told to fabricate the claims, which are now part of LA County's $4 billion settlement.

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www.latimes.com In the biggest sex abuse settlement in U.S. history, some claim they were paid to sue Seven people told The Times they were paid to sue L.A. County over sex abuse, raising questions about whether some claims that led to a record $4-billion settlement may have been colored by the...
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NEW: Los Angeles County plans to pay $4 billion to settle nearly 7,000 claims of childhood sexual abuse, dwarfing the largest sex abuse settlements in U.S. history.

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www.latimes.com In unprecedented payout, L.A. County will settle sex abuse claims for $4 billion The $4 billion, if approved, would appear to dwarf the largest sex abuse settlements in U.S. history.
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Arthur Simoneau, a pioneering hang-glider of four decades, headed towards the fires Tuesday determined to save his Topanga home.

His friends never heard from him again.

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www.latimes.com Hang-gliding pioneer tried to save Topanga home. His friends never heard from him again Arthur Simoneau was found near the doorway of his Topanga home, apparently trying to defend it from the Palisades fire.