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On all charges. Punishment? Errrrr, haven't decided yet.
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| Man City - GUILTY on 14:21 - Oct 12 by Bluce_Ree |
A document that Man City produced to try to decrease potential payouts around sexual abuse by Barry Bennell.
"The sheer volume of victims / survivors affected by abuse by Bennell when at Man City (or clubs related to Man City) was so huge (potentially hundreds) that City feared, if they all went to court, they could face massive damage payouts (tens or 100s of £m).
So City set up their own compensation scheme for men whose careers were effectively ended in their teens via trauma of sexual abuse and rape by Bennell.
Many survivors took the compensation money City were offering, on the basis that City as a club took a "no fault" position and were not liable because Bennell never had a formal contract with the club. That compensation was generally in the thousands of pounds.
I was given, by several survivors, a copy of the compensation agreement that survivors were obliged to sign. This include a "tariff" of money they would receive, from £5,000 from one incident of "indecent touching" to £65,000 for years of multiple rape by Bennell.
Lots of victims / survivors who came into contact with Bennell during their association with MCFC accepted these payouts. 8 didn't, deciding instead to take City to the High Court, NOT for more cash but in an attempt to get City to accept some liability for BB's actions.
I was approached by a law firm acting for abuse victims to do some work on this case, which I did, pro bono. The victims lost the case on a technicality because Bennell was never contracted to City.
But City's lawyers called Bennell - jailed five times for sexual offences against boys in different countries - as a witness in their case. His sentences included for offences involving abuse of those 8 eight men. He testified against them, via video from prison.
Barry Bennell gaslighted victims of his abuse from prison, via video, at the behest of City's lawyers." |
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