Thursday, January 23, 2025 - American baseball legend, Mariano Rivera and his wife Clara have been accused of covering up the s£xu@l abuse of an underage girl that occurred both at their home and a church.
According to a new lawsuit, the unidentified girl was abused by an older
girl in 2018 at a Florida camp affiliated with the church founded by the
Riveras in New Rochelle, New York.
The abuse also allegedly happened at the Riveras home, then by a church
leader in 2021 and 2022.
Rivera and his wife aren't named in the lawsuit as defendants, but it
does accuse them of knowing about the alleged abuse at the camp.
The suit also claims that the Riveras intimidated the girl into staying
silent.The suit says that the victim's mother informed Clara of the abuse and
that Clara promised to investigate the matter. But they allegedly covered it
up.
"Rather than take sufficient action to end the sexual abuse of Jane
Doe, the Riveras each separately isolated and intimidated Jane Doe to remain
silent about her abuse by MG to avoid causing trouble for Refuge of Hope and
the Ignite Life Summer Internship," the suit reads.
The suit also alleges that MG abused the victim at the Rivera residence
that summer during a barbecue.
"At all times relevant, [the Riveras] knew or should have known
that MG was a risk to sexually abuse children… before and during the time of
the barbecue," the suit reads.
"In order to avoid the potential scandal of child s£xual abuse in
its programs and otherwise protect [themselves] above all else, the Riveras…
assured [Doe's mother] that [Doe] was safe and in no danger at Ignite Life
Center, despite actual or constructive knowledge that Doe remained vulnerable
to additional acts of sexual abuse by MG."
Rivera, widely known as the greatest closer in the history of baseball,
is the sport's all-time saves leader with 652. His 2.21 ERA is also the lowest
by any pitcher with at least 500 innings since the live-ball era began in 1920.
In January 2019, Rivera became the first, and still only, player to be
unanimously elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Later that year, President Donald Trump, during his first
presidency, awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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