More details released about Johnson City’s settlement with sexual assault victims
Court documents reveal additional details of Johnson City’s $28-million settlement with alleged sexual assault and rape victims. The documents reveal payouts to hundreds of alleged victims and a plan for oversight of police. The settlement lays out $4.2 million in payments for all women who reported sexual assaults from 2018 to 2022, not just alleged Sean Williams victims. That’s based on claims police discriminated against women in how it handled the cases. A city webpage said those payments are part of the previously-reported $28-million figure. The settlement also requires the city to provide attorneys for the women copies of audit reports of at least 15 sexual assault investigations every quarter for the next two years. The plan now heads to a federal judge for approval.