CALIFORNIA
KUSI
By Sasha Foo
The defendants are the very same ones named in the original suit in May: the head of this ministry, his wife, another program employee and the well-known Rock Church. But the list of plaintiffs has doubled to more than a dozen women who claim they were subjected to daily abuse, but were too intimidated and scared to speak out.
“I feel betrayed by the people who were promising to protect me,” professed plaintiff Brienna Hartz.
They say they were betrayed, abused and shamed. Seven more women have added their complaints to a civil lawsuit against David Powers and his wife, the operators of a drug and rehabilitation program that’s been promoted and endorsed by The Rock Church.
“Before long, he was slapping my butt,” stated one plaintiff wishing to remain anonymous.
Now there are 13 women in all who say David Powers harassed, abused or sexually assaulted them while they were staying in his sober-living homes or in a residential program in La Jolla that only admitted young women.
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