WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. John Cornyn issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) yesterday cosponsored the Terminating Restrictive Enforcement of Youth Settlements (TREY'S Law), which would void non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) that silence survivors of child sexual abuse. The bill is named in honor of Dallas native Trey Carlock, who was silenced by an NDA after enduring a traumatizing civil litigation process against a Christian summer camp for children, Kanakuk Kamps, over abuse he endured by a former camp director.
"No survivor of child sexual abuse should be subjected to damaging NDAs that strip their First Amendment right to tell their stories and speak out about the heinous crimes they've endured," said Se...