Four former female Whittier Police Explorers who accused former police officers of sexually abusing them will receive a $3.5-million settlement from the city, an attorney for the women announced Wednesday.
Anthony DeMarco, an attorney who helped secure a more-than-$700-million settlement with the Archdiocese of Los Angeles for priest sex crime victims, said the city of Whittier’s lawyers agreed to the settlement shortly before the first of the two former Explorers’ cases was set to go to trial.
A spokesperson for the city of Whittier could not be reached for comment…