Boy Scouts Slams Victim Committee for Opposing $2.7 Billion Deal

A committee representing sex abuse victims in the Boy Scouts of America’s bankruptcy is acting against its constituents’ best interests by putting a $2.7 billion settlement at risk, the organization said.

The “overwhelming majority” of survivors supports the deal to establish a settlement trust and resolve approximately 82,500 sex abuse claims, the Boy Scouts said in a filing Tuesday. The Justice Department-appointed tort claimants’ committee is trying to derail that agreement, the organization said.

Preliminary voting results “demonstrate that individual abuse survivors heavily support the Plan, while certain plaintiffs’ firms—largely those aligned with the TCC,” remain opposed, the Boy Scouts ...