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Dani Anguiano and agencies

Los Angeles agrees to pay $828m to settle more sexual abuse claims

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Sexual abuse survivors at a news conference in Los Angeles in 2022. Photograph: Dean Musgrove/AP

Six months after approving the largest sexual abuse settlement in US history, officials in Los Angeles announced the county tentatively agreed to pay another huge sum, nearly $1bn, to settle more than 400 additional claims against county employees.

In April, Los Angeles county approved a historic $4bn settlement with about 11,000 claimants and allegations of sexual abuse in LA juvenile facilities that dated back decades. On Friday, the county said it had reached another major settlement for $828m, pending approval by the board of supervisors, the county governing body, and the county claims board.

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