State to pay inmate who was assaulted by guard
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Posted: 06/29/2012
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By: Associated Press
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A state board has approved a $30,000 payment to a former Topeka Correctional Facility inmate who was forced by a guard to engage in sexual activity.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the payment settles a federal lawsuit filed against the state by parolee Rebecca Fleetwood.
Fleetwood accused corrections officer Nathan VanDyke of driving her to a cemetery in September 2008 and forcing her to perform a sexual act. VanDyke later pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual relations and was placed on probation.
The payment to Fleetwood was endorsed by the State Finance Council, a bipartisan board made up of legislative leaders and chaired by Governor Sam Brownback.
House Speaker Mike O'Neal, a Republican from Hutchinson, voted Thursday against the settlement, saying it would have been wiser to seek dismissal of Fleetwood's lawsuit.
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