Scouts Of America: $850 Million Deal On Sexual Assault Charges Sexual Violence.

Scouts of America (BSA) has reached $850 settlement million (£617 million) with around 60,000 people for alleged historical sexual assault. Lawyers say this would be the most significant sexual assault deal in US history.

In terms of reported numbers, he reduced similar complaints against the country's Catholic Church. BSA apologized to the victims and filed for bankruptcy last year. He said he would set up a compensation foundation for victims of sexual violence.

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In a statement, the 111-year-old organization said its latest agreement was part of "an ongoing effort to find global solutions that adequately reimburse survivors and secure Scouting's future." The agreement must be approved by a judge but may face opposition from insurance companies, which will cost millions of dollars.

According to another deal expected to be tabled on Friday, the local BSA board is expected to contribute $600 million to the settlement fund, the AP agency reported.

Ken Rottweiler, one of the three leading negotiators for the victims' group, told local newspaper NPR that They were pleased that the BSA and its local council were "the first to act to compensate survivors." But another group attorney, Tim Cosnoff, told NPR it was a "lazy, dirty deal."

"I don't know whence you can call that a failure," said Kosnoff. He said that some men who had been abused over the years could receive payments of just a few thousand dollars, describing it as "an insult to all the men who find the courage to file lawsuits and get involved in the process."

Several BSA insurers, who will be responsible for the payments, also accused the organization of removing them from negotiations for exerting too much leverage on the victim's lawyers in the final settlement.