Twenty men have filed suit against the Madison Square Boys & Girls Club, alleging the organization was negligent in allowing alleged sexual abuse by two staff members, one of whom was depicted in the 1978 memoir “The Basketball Diaries.” The…
Lawsuit: Staten Island man among sex-abuse victims of infamous doctor
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A Staten Island man claims in a lawsuit that he was sexually abused as a child at a boys club in Manhattan by a doctor who has been the subject of numerous accusations at a hospital….
‘Basketball Diaries’ coach sexually abused young boys: suit
The coach who inspired a character in “The Basketball Diaries” sexually abused young boys from the 1950s through the 1980s, according to a lawsuit filed by 20 alleged victims against the Madison Square Boys and Girls Club. Nicholas Antonucci, the…
‘Basketball Diaries’ coach named in Madison Square Boys Club sex abuse lawsuit
A former basketball coach at a venerable New York City sports club who was immortalized as “Lefty” in Jim Carroll’s searing memoir “The Basketball Diaries” has been branded a serial sexual predator in a new lawsuit. Nicholas Antonucci and others…
‘Basketball Diaries’ coach ‘Lefty’ named in Boys & Girls Club sexual abuse lawsuit
Two predators were allowed unfettered access to vulnerable children and their repeated sexual abuse was ignored by staff at the then-Madison Square Boys Club, according to 20 plaintiffs in a civil lawsuit filed in New York on Monday. The Madison…
Lawsuit: Doctor, Coach Abused Boys At Renowned Youth Club
NEW YORK (AP) — A new lawsuit accuses a well-known New York City boys club of sexual abuse dating to 1950. Monday’s lawsuit says a doctor and basketball coach abused 20 boys at what is now the Madison Square Boys…