Emma M. Hetherington, assistant clinical professor and the director of the Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic with University of Georgia School of Law. (Courtesy photo)
Survivors of sexual abuse have found some comfort in recent high profile cases that have drawn strength from the testimony of multiple victims: Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein has been sent to prison for sexual assault; Tavis Smiley was ordered to pay PBS $1.5 million for violating his contract’s morals clause; compensation funds are being set up in bankruptcy proceedings against scouting organizations and churches facing litigation.
But none of that is likely to boost recovery prospects for survivors in Georgia and other states that have a tight statute of limitations for civil litigation, according to Emma M. Hetherington, law professor and director of the University of Georgia School of Law’s Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic, known as the CEASE Clinic, “Unless the crimes took place after July 1, 2015, or the victims are currently under 23.”
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