CRISIS SPECIALIST FOSTERED A CRISIS OF HIS OWN
While on an outing back on November 2, 2021, ZG (30) -- a “direct support crisis specialist” with the Oregon Department of Human Services, who was responsible for the care of people with “intellectual and developmental disabilities” – allegedly transported a woman, who suffered from “severe autism, epilepsy, cognitive delays and very limited verbal ability,” to a dead-end road and forced her to engage in sex acts.
On April 30, 2024, ZG was sentenced to 25 years in prison, and five years of supervised release, for violating the woman’s civil rights by sexually assaulting her.
In a written statement, Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, noted that “This defendant engaged in deplorable acts of sexual misconduct and targeted a victim with severe developmental disabilities who was entrusted to his care and could not defend herself …. The defendant breached the public's trust and violated the most basic standards of decency. The significant sentence imposed should send a strong message that the Justice Department will do all it can to hold accountable those who abuse their authority by sexual assaulting people in their custody and under their care.”
Who do you think is in crisis, now?