Cousineau resigned from the Holt position in April, two months after the
adoption agency learned he had once been accused of molesting an 11-year-old boy
in California. An independent law firm hired by Holt couldn't substantiate those
allegations, but the agency decided the accusation had impaired Cousineau's
ability to manage Holt.
The plaintiff in the new suit said in a
telephone interview that she decided to file after learning Cousineau worked in
a job involving children.
"I heard he worked with orphans, and I just
thought that was a scary situation," she said. "I felt I had to come forward and
that something needed to be done."
Holt learned the woman was
considering litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right.
The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest;
any dispute.
When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters
into a process called litigation. during its own review of Cousineau's
past, said Kevin Sweeney Kevin Sweeney is a
Piedmont, California, based business consultant, author, and former special
assistant to US Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt during the Clinton
administration. , the agency's interim director. He said he was unaware
that a suit had been filed and couldn't comment without seeing it.
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