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"Red Sox clubhouse abuse scandal grows" March 05, 2012|Bob Hohler, Globe Staff
Eight more men have made sexual abuse allegations against former Red Sox clubhouse manager Donald J. Fitzpatrick, in what has become the worst sexual abuse scandal in Major League Baseball history.
The eight men, including two former batboys for the Baltimore Orioles, have come forward since two former Sox clubhouse attendants accused Fitzpatrick in December of sexually abusing them as teenagers at Fenway Park. The allegations, when added to similar allegations levied decades ago, bring to 20 the number of men who have accused Fitzpatrick of molesting them between the 1960s and 1990s.
Fitzpatrick, who worked for the Sox from 1944 to 1991, was convicted in Florida in 2002 of attempting to sexually assault four youths at spring training between 1975 and 1989.
The statute of limitations has expired for legal action, so the most recent accusers are each seeking $5 million in damages from the Red Sox. The former Baltimore batboys also are seeking $5 million each from the Orioles for allegedly failing to prevent the abuse at Memorial Stadium, the team’s home prior to Camden Yards.
Fitzpatrick, a favorite of former Sox owner Thomas A. Yawkey, died in 2005 at age 76 while serving a 10-year suspended sentence for the Florida crimes....
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