USC University Los Angeles has agreed to pay more than $ 1 billion in compensation to hundreds of women who accuse gynecologist employed on California facility's campus of sexual abuse, it has been learned Thursday with lawyers for the plaintiffs.
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A Los Angeles court has validated an amicable settlement for an amount of $ 842 million and concerning 702 alleged victims, said in a statement Gloria Allred, whose firm represents dozens of plaintiffs. This sum comes on top of a previous agreement for an amount of 215 million dollars signed at the end of 2018, making it
"the biggest amicable agreement for sexual abuse ever concluded with a university in the United States"
, notes Gloria Allred .
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