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A previous, multi-part series of articles was published on this website with results of a more than 18-month long investigation by Talk Williamsport.com.
This story is graphic and contains details related to multiple indecent sexual assaults.
The author and editor of this story have made the editorial decision to not publish the names of the individuals under the age of 18 at the time of the incident who have been clearly identified as committing these acts in this case; even though they have been formally charged with a crime in South Carolina.
A Baseball Story In The Birthplace Of Little League Baseball
IF NOTHING HAPPENED IN MYRTLE BEACH
WHY WON’T THE WASD TELL US THE STORY?
THE 2018 WAHS BASEBALL MYRTLE BEACH STORY –
State Law Claims
COUNT VIII
INTENTIONAL INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS
Plaintiff v. Defendants Pardoe, Freed, McCann, Miller, Holland, Weber and John Does 1-20
By Todd Bartley, Talk Williamsport
News@talkwilliamsport.com
The following article is the thirteenth a series based upon the recent First Amended Complaint filed in Federal Court by the attorneys for John Doe #1; who was indecently sexually assaulted during the Williamsport Area High School Baseball Team trip in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina in the spring of 2018.
From the Complaint;
From the First Amended Complaint filed on Thursday, May 11, 2023.
214. Plaintiff incorporates herein by reference the preceding paragraphs of this Complaint the same as if fully set forth hereinafter.
215. Defendants, individually, derivatively, and in concert with each other, engaged in the aforementioned conduct, which would constitute violations of Pennsylvania criminal statutes prohibiting Unsworn Falsification (18 Pa.C.S. § 4904), and/or Tampering with Evidence (18 Pa.C.S. § 4910), and/or Intimidation of Witnesses (18 Pa.C.S. § 4952), and/or Obstructing Administration of Law (18 Pa.C.S. § 5101), and/or Official Oppression (18 Pa.C.S. § 5301).
216. Defendants, by and through their contact with Plaintiff, as described above, committed intentional and willful misconduct in their handling of Plaintiff’s abuse allegations.
217. Defendants, by and through their contact with Plaintiff, as described above, acted with actual malice towards Plaintiff in their handling of Plaintiff’s abuse allegations.
218. Defendants by and through their contact with Plaintiff, as described above, intentionally committed multiple acts of extreme and outrageous conduct which caused severe emotional, psychological, and psychiatric injuries, distress, and harm to Plaintiff, which also manifested in physical injuries to Plaintiff as set forth above, in an extreme, outrageous and
harmful manner.
WHEREFORE, Plaintiff demands judgment against Defendants Pardoe, Freed, McCann, Miller, Holland, Weber, and John Does 1-20 in a sum in excess of Seventy-Five Thousand ($75,000.00) Dollars, and in excess of the prevailing arbitration limits, in compensatory damages and punitive damages, exclusive of pre-judgment interest, post-judgment interests and costs.
“COUNT IX – NEGLIGENT FAILURE TO RESCUE, Plaintiff v. All Defendants” in this series, is forthcoming.
