They said Delaney seemed to struggle to answer the questions at the hearing. The Prouts had spoken to the Department of Justice during the vetting process and expressed their concern about this nomination. “So we’ve seen institutions that harbor rape culture, the tactics that they use to isolate and silence and shame survivors of sexual assault, and to have somebody like Delaney, in this important position, will send an absolutely chilling message to all survivors and advocates,” Alex Prout said in an interview Thursday. In attendance at the hearing were Chessy’s parents, Alex and Susan, who said they were taken aback when they initially learned that Delaney had been nominated for the position.
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Paul’s wasn’t opposed to the survivor’s request for anonymity, it just wanted to maintain its right to a fair trial if it got to that point. Throughout the hearing, Delaney emphasized that St. She said Delaney’s decision to protect the school but not the identity of a child who had been sexually abused sends a “chilling message to the young ladies or young men” who have experienced sexual assault. “What kind of message do you think your conduct sends to survivors of sexual assault?” Sen. Senators said that the argument Delaney was making against child sexual assault survivor’s anonymity sets a dangerous precedent for other sexual assault victims to come forward and seek justice.
“A lawyer who practices victim intimidation is doing nothing for the greater good of the community he stands in the way of justice and furthermore keeps his community in a toxic cycle of harm and silence.” “Michael Delaney is not ethically qualified to sit on the bench,” Prout wrote the committee. They also questioned him about the motion he filed on the school’s behalf over her anonymity. Senators asked him about allegations of witness tampering that were included in a letter Chessy Prout submitted in opposition to his nomination. “I am aware that questions have been raised about a legal pleading I filed in private practice following a horrific sexual assault of a high school student by another student,” he said and welcomed questions. Instead, Chessy Prout, then 16 years old, came forward publicly with her name and her story.ĭelaney addressed the issue directly to the committee. However, the case was first filed by the Prout family anonymously, but Delaney argued the girl’s identity be made public if the lawsuit reached trial in federal court.
The civil case ultimately ended in a confidential settlement, which Delaney was not permitted to discuss in public. Paul’s School in a lawsuit filed by the family of Chessy Prout, who had been sexually assaulted when she was 15 by another student, Owen Labrie. Former New Hampshire Attorney General Michael Delaney was confronted with a hard line of questioning during a Senate confirmation hearing this week regarding his 2014 defense of a private Concord boarding school in a civil suit related to a sexual assault case.ĭelaney, who was nominated by President Joe Biden in January to be a First Circuit Court of Appeals judge, served as private counsel for the St.
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