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SUMMONS ISSUED IN LAWSUIT AGAINST WERNLE

(Shelbyville, IN)--More filings were made Tuesday in a recent lawsuit against Wernle Youth and Family Treatment Center and its former CEO, Darrell Gordon.  The plaintiff in the case, who legally changed his name and now goes by Bartholomew Blunt, is asking for $15 million in damages.  Blunt claims in the lawsuit that he was subjected to repeated sexual battery while housed at Wernle and that the staff was not trained to respond to warning signs.  A summons was issued Tuesday to Gordon, who now has 20 days to respond.  Blunt has an incredible record of filing lawsuits.  He’s filed eight of them so far this year against various people and organizations.  One of those eight is against his own adoptive mother.