Back Story: The statue of limitations on child sex claims has expanded. Now what?

CALIFORNIA
San Diego Tribune

October 20, 2019

By Kristina Davis

For this week’s In Depth, reporter Kristina Davis took a deeper look at what we can expect now that AB 218 has passed, opening the litigation process to significantly more people who claim they were sexually abused as children.

Here’s more behind the story:

Q: Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the law last Sunday. Was this expected?

A: Yes, he had indicated early support for the law, but he signed it on the last possible day, which had many people on edge.

Q: How big of a deal is this law?

A: I’d say it’s a pretty big deal. Not only is it opening up a three-year window allowing anyone to file a lawsuit on child sex assault claims, no matter how old the alleged incident or the plaintiff is, the law also permanently expands the statute of limitations, allowing people as old as 40 to sue.

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