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Disabled Woman Sues Hillsborough Group Home and State Over Alleged Sexual Assault

The Arc of Somerset County along with the state of New Jersey are the targets of a “negligent supervision” lawsuit because of claims made by a developmentally disabled woman and her family who say a male resident sexually assaulted her, repeatedly, at the group home in 2012, according to nj.com.

Lee Michelle Prendella and her parents, Roseanne Mirabella and J. Michael Prendergast, are accusing Clifford Peirre of sexually assaulting and abusing Prendella during her brief stay at the facility between July 5 and July 22, according to nj.com.   

Read more here http://www.nj.com/somerset/index.ssf/2014/04/disabled_woman_sues_state_non-profit_over_alleged_sexual_assault_at_hillsborough_group_home.html#incart_river

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