Girl from Granby | The victim’s family will file a lawsuit on Monday

The family of a Granby girl who died of abuse and neglect in April 2019 will file a civil lawsuit Monday. He will ask for more than 3 million dollars from the Center de Services Scolaire Val-des-Cerfs, the CIUSSS de l’Estrie and some private partners for “continuous negligence”.

Frédéric-Xavier Duhamel
Pres

“A case is being registered [lundi] “, the lawyer of the family, M^e Valery Asolin. The news was first reported by TVA Nouvelles on Sunday evening.

There was already an attorney specializing in family law and youth law representing the girl’s mother and grandparents They signaled their intention to continue in 2019, but at the time “we didn’t have a lot of information,” says Ms.^e Azoline.

“We were actually waiting for the autopsy […] Information came in bits and pieces, and there was Investigation of [Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse]It is long,” he explains, adding that he is also waiting for the outcome of the criminal investigations.

The girl’s father pleaded guilty to forcible confinement and was sentenced to four years in prison. The stepfather was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 13 years for second-degree murder and forcible confinement. However she has It appealed the ruling in January.

In April 2019, when the death of a 7-year-old girl was announced, sadness and anger rippled across Quebec. She was found tied up and in critical condition at a home in Granby. Known by the Department of Youth Protection (DPJ) – who has been working at CIUSSS – for many years.

According to M^e Assoline, “a series of negligence” by the actors targeted by the lawsuit led to the result we know. “A series of inactions and actions” led to the child’s death.

In her case, we learned that the boy had suffered many traumas throughout his life from his father and his wife.

In a judgment issued by the Youth Division on May 30, 2018, the judge followed the recommendation of the TPJ and kept the girl and her brother at home despite the indications of “academic neglect, physical abuse and poor psychological treatments”.

In an internal investigation report made public in July 2019, the CIUSSS de l’Estrie had He concluded that no one was to blame For the girl’s death, rather the “whole system” failed to protect her. No one at the DPJ did anything wrong in handling his file, the report argued.