BOSTON (MA)
Boston Herald
July 12, 2018
By Brian Dowling
Ex-Senate President Stanley C. Rosenberg and his estranged husband, Bryon Hefner, want to “level the playing field” by publicly naming the John Doe suing them over sex abuse claims — a rare demand the alleged victim’s attorneys say could lead to disastrous ends.
“If his identity is out there, he may suffer irreparable harm,” said Mitchell Garabedian, the lawyer for Doe who accused Hefner of sexually assaulting the man twice in Rosenberg’s presence, and once at the couple’s North End condo.
Garabedian — who has represented more than 1,000 sex abuse victims — told Suffolk Superior Court Judge Robert N. Tochka that, for some victims, going to the courts for justice opened long-healed wounds and proved too much.
“Some — during proceedings, during the action, during the settlement program — commit suicide,” Garabedian said. “It’s a real concern.”
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