Adult Survivors Act

We're starting to believe too that perhaps in some of these legislators, in their own past, um, there may have been questionable behavior or f- or perhaps even offenses.

And, um, you know, there is a trend going on now, uh, we h- just had it in New York State, of the Adult Survivors Act, where it, uh, you know, provided a look-back window for a year, where you could bring civil, uh, charges, um, against a, a perpetrator.

So, um, that is something that's a phenomenon.

And, um, but the, the issue with these, um, Adult Survivor Acts is that they, um, only permit civil cases, uh, to go forward.

She alleges the fortress that was Sean Combs was surrounded by a human moat, a large and effective network that kept Cassie silent until they didn't.

Cassie is able to file her lawsuit because of the Adult Survivors Act, a 2023 law that is enacted in New York State.

This act opens up a one-year window when victims of sexual assault can sue their attackers, even if the statute of limitations has passed.

A week before this window expires, Cassie utilizes it.

She has frequent flashbacks of the freak-offs.

Cassie says after having her kids, she feels empowered to speak out against the man who's kept her quiet for so long.

The New York Adult Survivors Act gives her the chance to do this in a court of law.

Cassie becomes the first one to really blow the whistle on Combs.

Further, the GMVA is not preempted by any other law because it addresses all acts of gender-motivated violence, not merely conduct that constitutes a violation of the penal law.

The Child Victims Act, hereinafter CVA, pursuant to New York Civil Practice Law, and Rules Section 214G, hereinafter CPLR, and Adult Survivors Act, New York CPLR, Section 214J, and hereinafter ASA, revive common law assault, battery, negligence, and negligent hiring, retention, and supervision causes of action, while the GMVA's intro 1297 provides a cause of action pursuant to the GMVA for gender-motivated violence and includes explicit provisions for punitive damages, attorney fees, and junk of relief that the CVA and ASA do not.

See DeDeuce vs.

State of Jeffrey Epstein, New York Index, No. 151301, 2026.

People want access to justice.

So The Adult Survivor Act follows really a series of changes in the law in New York State over the last couple of years where they extended many of the statutes of limitation prospectively.

The CDA Act, the Child Victims Act.

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that's really what I've said about the Adult Survivor Act, which is meant to mirror the Child Victims Act in that a lot of the laws were changed moving forward, but it's an opportunity to open a look back window for a period of time and let people who were assaulted over the age of 18, no matter when the abuse happened, right? And one of the things I feel really strongly about when I say to lawmakers is like, look, I'm not asking you, state senator, to weigh in on the merits of my case.

I'm asking for access to the courts, and there is a system that exists that will hear this.

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These alleged incidents date back to the 90s and early 2000s, brought forward under the Adult Survivors Act.

Marcellus' legal team is arguing that these are entirely unproven claims.

He has never been criminally charged regarding them, and Anne-Marie is simply trying to introduce them to assassinate his character and prejudice the judge.

And yeah, there is some litigation over whether or not it is in conflict with some state statutes that we've covered here at Katie Feng News.

For example, the Child Victims Act and the Adult Survivors Act.

The Adult Survivors Act was, um, a statute in New York that allowed Eugene Carroll to be able to bring some claims.

And so this lawsuit specifically, though, that was filed on August 19th, is alleging that both Indyke and Kahn played critical roles in enabling Epstein's acts of gender-motivated violence against the plaintiffs by providing Epstein with the necessary financial and legal support for his sex trafficking operation by which the plaintiffs were victimized.

Indyke, Kahn, and Epstein jointly and collectively conspired with each other to commit acts of gender-motivated violence against the plaintiffs by creating, managing, operating, funding, and recruiting victims and associates for Epstein's sex trafficking operation.

No survivor should have to go through the journey from hell and back that I went through.

That's why I wrote to all 150 members of the New York State Assembly to urge passage of the Adult Survivors Act.

I'm pleased they listened and passed the law.

Now survivors who were over 18 when they were sexually assaulted can sue without defendants skirting away on the statute of limitations defense.

Further, the GMVA is not preempted by any other law because it addresses all acts of gender-motivated violence, not merely conduct that constitutes a violation of the penal law.

The Child Victims Act, pursuant to New York City practice law and rules, Section 214G, and Adult Survivors Act, New York's CPLR, Section 214J, revived common law assault, battery negligence, and negligent hiring, retention, and supervision causes of action, while the GMVA's Intro 1297 revived a cause of action pursuant to the GMVA for gender-motivated violence and includes explicit provisions for punitive damages, attorney fees, and injunctive relief that the CVA and ASA do not.

On July 9th, 2026, the Supreme Court of New York County held that if it was evident upon both a plain reading and examination of the purpose of the subject statutes and local law that GMVPA, which created a new civil rights cause of action where none existed at the time, it was not and was not intended to be preempted by two revival statutes.

that were directed towards sexual assault cases of action.