{"id":136715,"date":"2025-11-12T08:38:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T16:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/11\/12\/4b-sex-abuse-settlement-scandal-spurs-california-state-bar-complaints\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T08:38:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T16:38:31","slug":"4b-sex-abuse-settlement-scandal-spurs-california-state-bar-complaints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/11\/12\/4b-sex-abuse-settlement-scandal-spurs-california-state-bar-complaints\/","title":{"rendered":"$4B Sex Abuse Settlement Scandal Spurs California State Bar Complaints"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lawyers behind a record $4 billion sex abuse settlement with Los Angeles County have brought in a second mediator to oversee potential fraud after an article in the Los Angeles Times last month revealed that recruiters paid cash to potential plaintiffs on behalf of Downtown LA Law Group.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" 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County have brought in a second mediator to oversee potential fraud after an article in the Los Angeles Times last month revealed that recruiters paid cash to potential plaintiffs on behalf of Downtown LA Law Group.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/927560552\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a title=\"Add to FaceBook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/2\/927560552\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fbshare20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Like on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/28\/927560552\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fblike20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Pin 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