New Hampshire has agreed to pay $4.5 million to a woman who accused a youth detention center staffer of raping her in storage closet just before he handed out candy to other children as a reward for good behavior.
Natasha Maunsell, 39, was in her mid-teens when she was held at the Youth Detention Services Unit in Concord in 2001 and 2002. She sued the state in 2021, and her case was set to go to trial next month, but the parties reached a settlement, her lawyer said Wednesday.
