Allegheny County settles with jail sex assault victim for $6,000
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Allegheny County and its jail healthcare arm have settled a lawsuit by a former inmate who said she was sexually assaulted by an infirmary nurse for $6,000.
The woman released from liability both the county and Allegheny Correctional Health Services, neither of which admitted any wrongdoing. The settlement document, dated in November, was released today under a right-to-know request from the Post-Gazette.
The woman was among a half dozen who said they were offered candy or extra narcotics if they submitted to touching by former jail nurse John Johnson Jr., 60, and threatened with discipline if they did not. Mr. Johnson, of Green Tree, pleaded guilty in October to three counts of institutional sexual assault and faces sentencing March 19.
Another of the women settled her case for $5,000 in July.
The Post-Gazette does not name people who were victims of sexual assaults.
First Published January 12, 2012 12:00 am
