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INVESTIGATION.....
EYEWITNESS NEWS
EXCLUSIVELY
INTERVIEWED A FORMER
ORPHAN WHO WAS IN D-
C-Y-F CUSTODY....
HE CLAIMS HE RECEIVED
A MEDICAL BILL - FOR
"HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS" OF
DOLLARS.
AND ONLY EYEWITNESS
NEWS WAS THERE
YESTERDAY -- AS TWO
STATE REPRESENTATIVES
CAME TO HIS DEFENSE.
NICHOLAS ALAH-VERDIAN
SAYS HE RECIEVED A SIX
PAGE MEDICAL BILL AND
THIS LETTER ASKING FOR
JUST UNDER 207-
THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR
'MEDICAL ASSISTANCE'
FROM THE "DEPARTMENT
OF CHILDREN YOUTH AND
FAMILIES".
THE LETTER COMES
WHILE ALAH-VERDIAN IS
SUING A LONG LIST OF
FORMER AND CURRENT
STATE OFFICIALS AND THE
D-C-Y-F FOR HOW HE WAS
TREATED WHILE IN STATE
CARE..
HE ALLEGES HE WAS
PHYSICALLY AND
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED
WHILE HE WAS MOVED IN
AND OUT OF SOME 20
GROUP HOMES IN THREE
STATES.
REPRESENTATIVES
MICHAEL CHIPPENDALE
AND DORREEN COSTA
GATHERED WITH ALAH-
VERDIAN AT THE STATE
HOUSE TO DEFEND THE
FORMER ORPHAN.
heres the bill i mean you cant
make
this up. this is the bill from
the state
of rhode island. so in other
words if
you're a child and you go into
foster
care. when youre an adult youre
going to get a bill like this.
its retaliation disguised as a
legal
mechanism. because had i not
sued
the department they would not
have
come after me for that money.
(KS)
THE TWO STATE REPS ARE
INTRODUCING SEVERAL
BILLS IN THE NEXT
SESSION ABOUT D-C-Y-F...
THE MAIN ONE ASKS THE
AGENCY TO STOP
SENDING CHILDREN "OUT
OF STATE" FOR CARE.
D-C-Y-F HAS NOT
RETURNED OUR PHONE
CALLS THIS WEEK FOR
COMMENT.