Sexual abuse of boy by host father in State Dept.'s Exchange Students program called ""immature idiotic boy behavior." (pizzagate)

submitted ago by Orange_Circle

Found this in Hillary's emails when searching for CTR malfeasance. https://wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/emailid/18536

"In 2010, attorneys Zalkin and Leavitt filed a civil suit against ERDT on behalf of Le Mayeur, Herbon, and two other students. ERDT settled the case for an undisclosed amount without admitting liability.

Kelli Jones, who has since been promoted to President of ERDT, declined to comment on this story. But in a 2010 deposition, she told Leavitt that she did not consider Le Mayeur's account of Meyer's behavior to be sexual abuse, but rather "immature idiotic boy behavior."

The ERDT regional coordinator who handled the investigation is still in the same job. Whitfield, who was Meyer's friend and fellow coordinator, was fired. She is now working for another exchange organization hosting and placing students in Arkansas. Whitfield declined to comment on this story."

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zoltan907 ago

http://archive.is/SQ6VQ "Foreign Exchange Students Sexually Abused in Program Overseen by State Department" by Anna Schecter, March 13, 2012

"In one of the most egregious cases, at least four exchange students were sexually abused over the course of two years by the same host father, even after the first victim sounded alarms.

“'He said "this is American culture," and I should get used to it,' Christopher Herbon of Germany told NBC News in an exclusive interview broadcast on Rock Center.

"The organization that placed them with the host father has been accused of orchestrating a cover-up to protect its reputation over the safety of the students....

"In addition to Herbon, Meyer was sexually abusing other exchange students that academic year. When one of them finally told Benevides, she alerted the police and Meyer was arrested in May, 2005.

"When word got out about the arrest, Benevides said ERDT executives flew to Arkansas and told the local coordinators not to speak about the abuse. She said at a meeting convened in Arkansas, Jones told her, 'Keep your mouth shut.'...

"When asked why ERDT is still operational after a case like this, State Department spokesperson Toria Nuland said that ERDT was one of the organizations that helped the Department draft new regulations in recent years to better protect exchange students from abuse."