Former employee Bradley Asbury faces trial for alleged role in abusing a teenage boy at New Hampshire's Sununu Youth Services Center.

The trial of Bradley Asbury, a former employee at New Hampshire's Sununu Youth Services Center, has begun. Asbury, 70, is accused of holding down a teenage boy in the 1990s while colleagues raped and abused him. He faces two counts of being an accomplice to aggravated sexual assault, with a maximum prison term of 20 years on each count if convicted. This is the second criminal trial stemming from a 2019 investigation into historic abuse at the center, leading to nine men facing charges. The investigation has also spurred more than 1,100 lawsuits from former residents alleging physical, sexual, or emotional abuse over six decades.

November 19, 2024
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