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Reason
Eugene Volokh

Democratic National Committee Not Liable for Field Organizer's Alleged "Grooming" of 16-Year-Old Campaign Volunteer, Which Led to Sex

From yesterday's decision by Judge Gerald Pappert (E.D. Pa.) in D.F. v. DNC Servs. Corp.:

D.F. was a [16-year-old] high school student in the summer of 2012 when she volunteered with Organizing for America, an arm of the Democratic National Committee, to work on the presidential campaign.

Killackey, a 38-year-old field organizer in the office, "allegedly 'groomed' D.F., leading to a sexual relationship between the two, which D.F. contends was unwanted and abusive":

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