New York Adult Survivors Act: Examining the impact, future, and path to justice for survivors of sexual abuse

Left: Musical artist Marilyn Manson, whose legal name is Brian Hugh Warner, arrives for an appearance in Belknap Superior Court, Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, in Laconia, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa). Center: FILE – Music mogul and entrepreneur Sean “Diddy” Combs arrives at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, May 15, 2022. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File). Right: Former President Donald Trump, waits for the continuation of his civil business fraud trial at New York Supreme Court, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, POOL)

For many, the week of Nov. 24 marked Thanksgiving, holiday traveling to see loved ones, and a brief respite from the busy day-to-day responsibilities of careers, school, and more.  Yet for countless people across New York, that date is significant for an entirely other reason: the New York Adult Survivors Act — a state law implemented in November 2022 that allowed a one-year window for adult survivors of sexual violence to sue their alleged attackers — expired.

The act, which was signed in New York in May 2022 and went into effect that November, was created to allow survivors of sexual assault that occurred when they were over the age of 18 to sue, regardless of when the abuse occurred.  The act has resulted in over 2,500 suits filed as of last week, and many of them against high-profile figures, including Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, rocker Marilyn Manson, and even the May 2023 civil verdict against former President Donald Trump.

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