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In 2017, incarcerated and formerly incarcerated sexual assault survivors who had faced sexual violence behind bars brought a lawsuit against Klein and the Oregon Department of Corrections. The state paid $1.87 million to settle the civil lawsuits involving Klein, but after an investigation by the Oregon State Police that same year, prosecutors declined to press criminal charges against him in August 2018. At the time, prosecutors said the victims’ accounts were unreliable and the case was “unsupportable” as a whole—a decision that’s reflective of the endemic mistreatment and dismissal that incarcerated survivors face.

After the state settled with the victims behind the 2017 lawsuit, more of Klein’s survivors came forward, and in March 2022—four years after prosecutors decided against filing criminal charges against Klein—the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon finally filed criminal charges against him.

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Still not a drag queen OR a trans person.

Straight white dude? Yes 🧐

Also, if he wasn’t guilty, why pay out? Like if you paid out the settlement then he should have been brought up on charges.

Ridiculous and infuriating. Wonder how many more people were assaulted from 2017+ bc of not prosecuting him.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Yeesh. Oregon police (and the system around it) are a different kind of crazy.
Absolutely disgusting.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Glad they convicted him.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Slim Shoddy.

[-] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

This dude doesn't even pass the looks test of not being a creep ass bitch. They still hired him anyway? Smdh

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