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Mariano Rivera and Wife Break Silence on Sexual Abuse Cover-Up Accusation
Former Yankee Mariano Rivera and his wife said reports that they covered up child sexual abuse are ‘completely false’
A lawsuit filed on January 16 in State Supreme Court in Westchester accuses Mariano, 55, and Clara of having pressured the plaintiff, referred to as Jane Doe, into keeping quiet about allegedly being sexually abused in the dorm and shower at the Ignite Life Center in Gainesville, FL, and later at the Rivera home by an older minor girl. The New York Times and the New Yorker first published investigative pieces in 2017 that accused disgruntled movie producer Harvey Weinstein of decades of sexual assault and harassment. Mariano, the only player in baseball history to be unanimously elected to the Hall of Fame, is now the pastor at the Refuge of Hope church in New Rochelle, which supports the camp where the alleged abuse is said to have occurred.
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