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Article: Sexual abuse lawsuit involving Yusuf Bey settled by county
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- September 13, 2007
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Alameda County has settled a 2003 lawsuit brought by three women
who claim the county did nothing to stop former Your Black Muslim
Bakery head Yusuf Bey from allegedly sexually assaulting and abusing
them as minors after they were placed in his home.
The three women, whose names were not used because they were
underage at the time of the alleged abuse, filed the lawsuit in July
2003 in Alameda County Superior Court. The suit maintains county
social workers missed glaring problems with the girls, including
when they started getting pregnant and having babies.
The girls, who were in the care of Bey's wife, Nora, said they
did not tell social workers Bey was the father because they feared
him. ...