AFTER YEARS OF DOJ’S ENDLESS DELAY, MICHAEL ‘THE BULL’ LAMONSOFF SECURES HISTORIC SETTLEMENT FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVOR
In what is being hailed as a historic victory, The Law Offices of Michael ‘The Bull’ Lamonsoff has secured one of the top settlements ever against the Federal Bureau of Prisons, with an unprecedented $800,000 award for his client. This monumental achievement marks the fifth most substantial award ever recorded against the Department of Justice. After enduring years of deliberate obstruction, delays, and slow-walking by the DOJ, justice has finally prevailed at last. This landmark settlement resulted from the heinous crimes perpetrated by a former Federal Correction Officer sentenced to 25 Years for sexually abusing female inmates at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn.
Eugenio Perez, a former federal correction officer at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, was found guilty of abusing and attempting to sexually abuse five female inmates between January 2013 and September 2016. Over a three-year period, Perez used his position as an officer at the MDC to engage in horrific sexual acts with five female inmates under his supervisory and disciplinary authority.
The case was stalled for years due to bureaucratic internal discourse between the Department of Justice in Washington DC and the United States Attorney’s Office in New York. For years, these organizations postured that Plaintiff could not prove her case. In the interim, the Defendants made offers to Plaintiff, which, in bad faith, were later withdrawn. It was not until The Law Offices of Michael S. Lamonsoff demanded that the court order Department of Justice Officials to appear in person, that Defendants finally folded and settled Plaintiff’s case for top value.
Attorney Michael S. Lamonsoff, in representing one of the victims said, ‘no matter the passage of time, this case stands as a testament to my resolute dedication in holding abusive correctional officers and the institutions that employ them accountable. It was a long and arduous journey for my client, but I remained steadfast in pursuit of justice, never compromising on what my client rightfully deserved.’
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