L.A. County D.A. claims four in five cases in $4-billion sex abuse payout may be fraudulent 25.8%
Los Angeles Times - By Rebecca Ellis - 6/11/2026, 4:01 PM
Negativity Bias 31.9% - Appeal to Emotion 19% - Biased Writer Voice 14.2%
Los Angeles County’s district attorney says he believes 4 in 5 claims in the largest sex abuse settlement in U.S. history may be fake — a claim that dwarfs previous assumptions over the scale of fraud within the $4-billion payout. Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman has asked the judge overseeing the bulk of the sex abuse cases to pause payments... more